Abstract
A questionnaire survey has been made of 600 women living in Nara city ranging in age from 18 to 69. A statistical analyses have been performed to find out the modern women's consciousness and behavior toward domestic making of clothing. The following facts have been found.
1) There are 64 percent women who have ever made at least one article of clothings during the last year. 53.4 percent out of them have voluntarily made their clothings. Concering their skill, about 70 percent of women have fairly enough ones in sewing and knitting techniques.
2) In respect to the motivation of making their clothings, they considered it as a mental satisfaction such as pleasure of having their own hand-made clothings, enjoying the process of making, and representation of their affection to their family, rather than as rationality such as saving in the expenditure on clothing and fitness to their bodies.
3) To modern women, domestic making of clothing means lessons as a self-development, a hobby and subject of communication worth living.
