From this month onwards, I will be blogging once a month about new releases in Japanese Sewing Books. 🙂 The books I have listed are based on their release dates in February. Some of the new magazines due for release in March have already…
I bought this magazine in December while I was in Japan, to learn about the latest fabric releases of the season and to help inspire me on my fabric shopping trips. This issue is for winter + early spring, and includes a back to…
Happy New Year everyone! It seems that I gave myself a much longer holiday than I planned to, and here’s why. I was back last week of December but had to deal with a number of issues including a mountain full of laundry, getting ready…
Sewing Pochee is published 4 times a year according to the seasons, and it includes lots of sponsored specials and special features that are more often found in magazines than books. The projects range from garments to accessories and ornaments, quite similar to Cotton…
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…
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,…
Another Summer magazine and one of my staples every season. It’s the Female magazine Summer edition 2013. What I love about sewing magazines is that there is always a much larger number of projects compared to a sewing book, but do note that not ALL…
Time for some Summer sewing magazine reviews! Let’s have a look at Cotton Friend Summer edition 2013. Vol 47. Words in bold – “Summer Sewing Plan” Lots of projects to make! From clothes to bags and accessories. A drapey linen-knit cardigan made up of…
Finally got my hands on this. In Singapore’s Kinokuniya, the magazines come from two sources. One is directly imported from Japan, and the other is through a magazine supplier in Hong Kong. I don’t know how it works because both copies are printed in…