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Japanese Fabric – Koizumi Lifetex

Everytime I go fabric shopping in Japan, I stay on the lookout for one of my favourite brands – Koizumi fabrics. In particular, they have a lot of Scandinavian inspired designs that I love. These fabrics are usually sold in the domestic market only…

February 28, 2018

Japanese Fabric – Cotton and Steel Papercuts

I’ve been a big fan of COTTON + STEEL ever since I discovered their Riflepaperco fabric.  So when I was fabric shopping in Tokyo last Novemeber, I kept a lookout for their fabrics. The displays are so cute! These photos are of the display from…

February 2, 2018

Christmas Sewing in October and a Modes4U Giveaway!

Just as I was feeling sad about the slowing down of Japanese sewing book new releases that always happen in the last quarter of the year, I get excited once again, by sponsors who feel the festive mood (in advance) and want to sponsor GIVEAWAYS…

October 6, 2017

Giveaway – nani IRO Cotton Sateen

Remember my raves about the new nani IRO cotton sateen last month? Well, we have a treat for you! Our very generous friends from ElizabethLittle.co is sponsoring a nani IRO fabric giveaway, and the fabric to be won is none other than the smooth, drape-y cotton…

April 28, 2017

My nani IRO Cotton Sateen dress

So I was being kind of ambitious when I said I could finish a dress in a week 🙂 More like one and a half. This happens when I only get 5 minutes at the machine before someone drags me away. So I had…

March 30, 2017

Japanese Fabrics – nani IRO 2017

A package I’ve been waiting for eagerly since February just arrived two days ago. Hand-delivered by ElizabethLittle.co! It’s school holidays this week so it’s hard to get anything done but I just had to quickly snap a few photos to share with you my lovely…

March 16, 2017

Giveaway Time – Japanese Sewing Books turns 5!

As I looked back on the posts I created over the past few years, I realized that the frequency and type of posts have been changing over the years. Since being a Mom is my full-time day (and night) job, it only goes to…

December 3, 2016

Fabric Giveaway – Christmas Fabrics from Kawaii Fabric

With so many holidays and coming up, the end of the year is a great time for giveaways! And once again from our very generous sponsor Modes4U. Yes you heard me right. I know the title says Kawaii Fabric, but do you know KawaiiFabric.com…

October 14, 2016

Liberty Art Fabric – Shoulder and Clutch Bag

As promised here are more photos of the bag I made with Liberty fabric. I followed the dimensions of the bag as given in the book, but with some adaptations of my own. In the book, the bag didn’t look quilted, or at least…

October 2, 2016