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Meg the Tailor

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  • Portfolio & About the work
  • TC Samurai Arts & collaborations

Back to home

Where we are: current events & projects in R&D

  • Finishing fulfillment on gi and hakama orders & taking preorders
  • Fine-tuning nobokama pattern for current round of samples and orders
  • Commissioning hakama-dome / hera production

What's on deck: upcoming events info

  • Making a range of sample sizes for fittings
  • Shop drop - brocade sword bags and daisho bundle
  • Next round of prototyping the Cozy Nobokama and sample testing for home practice and just because 

Where we're going: projects in the wings

  • Next round of gear bag prototyping - input welcome!
  • Nami Ryu inspired sweatshirts & zip ups
  • Haori & tabi socks (tentatively by winter '26)

A few good things to know...

Before ordering, check out my current policies on orders, returns, shipping, sizing help, and care instructions. 

View the FAQs & Policies

Support the work

Times are hard. Sustaining (monthly) contributions to the Community Gear Fund on the Ko-fi platform are earmarked for fellow students who would benefit from sliding scale pricing. My membership-style tip jar lives there, too.

Support on Ko-fi

The full-ish body of work

A running archive of finished pieces across all categories: kenjutsu gear, tailoring, commissions, passion projects, and a few little weirds for the whimsy of it. 

Browse finished work

On social media


Peek at the Instagram

TC Samurai Arts: Tonbo Dojo

Where this work is rooted, and the whole reason this gear offering exists. Check out the stellar bokken options and compilation of resources.

Visit Tonbo Dojo

Collaborations & other projects

Recent projects and people I've had the good fortune to work with.


Year of the Fire Horse t-shirt collab (embroidery)  | Josh Ross, Sato Bu Kan Dojo

Check out the art

Help me make your dream gear

The kenjutsu community has been instrumental in directing the fabric choices and design tweaks that make these garments specialized for us. Your input matters.  

Materials & design preferences survey

The Making

Playing the social media algorithm game sucks. I'd rather share the process and behind the scenes tidbits directly with you, my community and supporters. I appreciate you.

Coming soonish!

How we got here and why

The short story of how and why this white kid from the Great Plains wound up making Japanese martial arts training garments.


Lessons from the wisdom of historical clothing and processes. 


The wicked social problems of our time: the textile industry's horrific impact on the environment and laborers, the loss of access when aging artisans retire and niche companies fold, the monster of mass production that sacrifices quality and obfuscates the real cost of making things.


In this essay I will...

Coming soonish!

Thanks for stopping by


If you have any questions not answered above or in the FAQ/Policies, please don't hesitate to send me a quick note so I can correct that oversight.


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PO Box 1114, Traverse City, MI 49685

megthetailor @ proton.me

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