Did you participate in the Poll for the type of Japanese Sewing Books would you like to see translated into English? I hope you did! The poll is closed now and leading the pack is sewing for Ladies, followed by kids and bags sewing…
Today’s book review is a relatively new book, published in March by Bunka Publishing. The author of the book is Norio Nakanishi and the title of the book is Textiles that are loved around the world & Dresses. Well, at least that’s the official English…
Life has been pretty hectic in the household lately. It is difficult to find time to sit down (without dozing off) or have enough hands to take photos of my new books and type out book reviews. I have lots of time to plan…
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a Ladies sewing pattern book. Time for some selfish sewing! Today’s recommendation – Ladies Pants & Skirts. This is a compilation of Ladies pants and skirt patterns by Nihon-Vogue and it features the work of 9 different…
Have you noticed something different about the site? Yes! It’s the long overdue revamp I’ve been meaning to do. I know it was time for a reorganization of the navigation when I found myself unable to locate certain posts or book reviews. It’s funny…
You know the saying Once in a blue moon? Today is one of those days, for we have a new sewing book for the guys! The book is called Basic Style Menswear for sizes S-XXL (5 sizes), All seasons mens casual wear. There are…
Before the excitement of receiving all the English translated books over the past few weeks, I had accumulated a number of Japanese sewing books that I’ve been wanting to share with you. I thought I had better review this before the season is over!…
Time flies whether or not you are having fun. 🙁 It’s already more than a week into October! So here are some of the new releases I’ve spotted that have been released recently or soon about to be released. Check & Stripe Simple Style…
This week’s book review is about Straight Line Sewing (again!) It’s a relatively new book, just published in June this year. I’ve seen and even bought quite a number of these straight line sewing books so it’s not a new concept, but what I…
I’ve hardly reviewed any baby books on my blog as you may have realized, because I tend to review what the books I buy to sew from, and most of the time I only sew for my girls and myself. But the next few…