Did you have a May Day holiday wherever you are yesterday? May 1st was Labour Day over here and it was a public holiday so I had a little break. I love mid-week breaks. It divides the hectic week into two bite-size two-day pieces.…
As promised, today’s review is about Cotton Friend Spring 2013 edition. A quick peek at the projects included in this editon. Tops, bottoms, dresses, Outerwear, Accessories, bags etc. All for the price of one magazine! I love this dress on the little girl. The…
Today’s book review is a pure eye candy book. Literally! The book is Ruko’s Original Sweets made of Felt. The author is 南木裕子 (Nanmoku Hiroko). And these are her lovely creations. The sweets/cakes are all hand sewn and every piece is like a work…
Today’s book review is a very cute book on make-believe felt toys for kids. The title is フエルトのごっこあそび。I went through a period of making felt food quite some time ago, as I can’t really keep my hands still even when I’m watching TV and…
Is it Autumn yet? Being here in Singapore it’s hot all year round, so it’s hard to tell when the seasons change in other parts of the world. I rely on the publishing dates of my favourite sewing magazines like Cotton Friend and Cucito…
Hot off the press! This book is kind of a “sequel” to an earlier book called ハンドメイドのお財布 . The book is appropriately titled : もっと！ハンドメイドのお財布 which means “More! Handmade wallets”. I just saw this book listed a few weeks ago and decided I liked the…
Another sewing magazine review. Cotton Friend usually covers a whole range of crafts, mostly to do with zakka and fabrics. This is the summer edition, and it caught my eye because it says サマーソーイング ”Summer Sewing”.…
One of my new books, and quite a recent release as well as it was just released on July 24th. I have a weakness for bag pattern books. I first saw this under the new books listed in nihon-vogue’s website. The patterns are very…
What do you do with the excess fabric leftover from your sewing projects? I keep my small pieces usually for doing test runs before actual sewing or serging, and at other times I make dresses for my kids’ dolls. But I always seem to…
This post was due yesterday but I was caught up with a little project. Those of you who follow me on Facebook may have seen a youtube bag making video that I posted a few days ago. That project is from this book, and…