It is always exciting to see newly translated Japanese Sewing Books, hot off the press, in my mailbox! A big thank you to Tuttle who not only sent me these two books for review – Stylish Party Dresses: 26 Easy and Inexpensive Sew-It-Yourself Dresses for…
More new books for the month of August! Not many clothes sewing books this month. Click on the images for more details. Wherever possible, I try to link it to official book websites or Amazon listings where you can search for details such as…
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…
As mentioned last week, I am running a survey to find out the type of Japanese Sewing Books that you would most like to see translated to English. I have compiled a list of the major categories, based on how the popular genres of…
Half the year has gone by and we are now more than halfway into the month of July. Sorry for not posting last week as there was just too much going on at home to get anything done. The good news is that I…
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…
I don’t have much time to sew nowadays, but I still can shop can’t I? 🙂 Here are some of the new releases spotted online… Men’s clothes for all seasons for sizes S,M,L,LL,3L Another Men’s pattern book at last, unfortunately there are no previews…
It is the end of the school term (and the beginning of the school holidays). I can’t remember if I posted these before, but I sewed these lunch bags in the beginning of the school year. Unfortunately, these bags have been thrown around and…
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…
I can’t believe how quickly the months have flown by. Can you believe it is May already? May in Singapore is also known as the dreaded exams month for school kids. So last week I was missing in action because I was busy revising…