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Win a bolt of nani IRO 2020

It’s the time of the year again for the release of a new range of nani IRO fabrics, and you all know I’m such a big fan of Naomi Ito’s designs that I look forward to this every year. This year’s range is a…

February 27, 2020

Japanese Fabrics – Fabrics for Boys from Modes4U.com

If you have been following my blog over the past few years, then the online store Modes4U.com should not be an unfamiliar name to you! For those of you who have yet to discover them, they are an online shop based in Hong Kong…

May 7, 2019

Japanese Fabrics – nani IRO 2019 new designs

The month of March is usually an exciting one with lots of new book and fabric launches, in particular, the new nani IRO collection! Just like the previous years, I will have to split up the collection into different posts. Today’s post will cover…

March 2, 2019

Keshiki by Yumi Yoshimoto

The first quarter of the year is usually full of excitement in the world of Japanese fabrics because there are lots of new launches that we’ve all been eagerly waiting for! First up on my list – Keshiki by Yumi Yoshimoto. This is the second…

February 12, 2019

Interview with Kayo Horaguchi

Today’s blog post is a special feature on one of my favorite Japanese illustrators – Kayo Horaguchi. I have blogged a few times about her fabrics and sometime in August, I was given the opportunity to interview Horaguchi-san through email. My written and spoken…

October 16, 2018

nani IRO 2018 – Sewing with nani IRO Linen

As part of nani IRO month, it goes without saying that I need to make something out of the new collection as well! Last year I explored sewing with nani IRO cotton sateen, and this year, I decided to make something out of the…

March 27, 2018

nani IRO collection 2018 – Part 3

Part 3 of the nani IRO 2018 collection and I will try to wrap things up today to get started on a translation request for the new book. Today’s post is mainly about the other substrates, the nani IRO Basic range as well as the…

March 21, 2018

nani IRO 2018 collection- Part 2

Following up from Part 1 of nani IRO 2018 collection… we continue looking at the new designs that nani IRO has to offer. Situation A brand new design for the 2018 collection. Check out the original artwork (see original post by Naomi Ito from Instagram) that…

March 17, 2018

nani IRO 2018 collection – part 1

As mentioned last week, I will be doing a couple of post featuring nani IRO’s latest collection, just released a couple of weeks ago! I am trying to sew up something from the new book + new collection in time for nani IRO month…

March 15, 2018