All book or magazine reviews
Yay it’s FINALLY here. The Autumn version of Cucito magazine. Highlights of this issue – patterns for the 130,140,150cm group which are not often found in books and magazines. My eldest just went past the 130cm mark, this will come in handy! The magazine…
Another sneak peek review of a soon to be published book from Tuttle. It’s not a sewing book, but it combines the use of pretty Japanese fabrics and the traditional art of Origami and the book is aptly titled – Fabrigami. The only Origami…
This is the first book I’ve ever bought on sewing Men’s shirts! And definitely my first book review on this subject. I was first drawn to this book after receiving a sewing question from Happy Sew Lucky on instagram. I have actually seen this…
As promised, a review of the latest Female magazine – Autumn 2013. I must say we really get it at a good price here. The listed price in Japanese Yen is 840, based on the current exchange rate, that is about SGD10.78, and with…
Is it Autumn already? I bought two magazines last week. Cotton Friend Autumn (above) and Female (which will be reviewed next week!) Index page showing all the included projects (part 1) Index page part 2! As usual, other than clothes, lots of small goods,…
Today’s book review is not a very new book, in fact, I can’t quite remember when I bought it but I rediscovered it recently while moving my books around (to make more space for more books) The title is 冬でも夏でもずっと着られる ONE-PIECE & BOTTOMS 大人のふんわりかわいい服.…
Today’s book review is a Cotton Friend Special Edition – Nanatone’s Fashion Book – Sewing Variations. (In Japanese – NANATONE のおしゃれBOOK ソーイングバリエーション) I first mentioned NANATONE by Megumi Aoki in the Cotton Friend Spring 2013 Edition review. NANATONE is the brainchild of Megumi Aoki,…
Back to reviewing Japanese Sewing Books in Japanese! Today’s book is いつでもワンピース which means (at) anytime dresses. The book is by 成田 邦子 and it’s “quite” a new book, given that it was only released 30th June this year. It was one of the few…
Look what I found in my mailbox last week! The very kind folks at Laurence King who sent me review copies of Stylish Dress Book and Feminine Wardrobe sent me this book last week. A great mood-lifter for me given that I have been “bugged”…
As promised, the book review for Happy Homemade : Sew Chic Kids! Just like the Sew Chic book, there are 20 projects to make. Some are for girls, some for boys, and some can be made for both boys and girls. There is also a…