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…
This week’s post is a couple of days late, because I am busy customizing a new theme for the blog! It started with me wanting to re-organize the navigation as I find that many of the older articles are buried within the archives. One…
Last week, my Facebook page reached another milestone…. 5000 likes! I know my blog is more than 3 years old and it’s not that big a deal but it does feel quite satisfactory to know that it is still steadily growing and that there…
Last September, I bought this magazine – Cucito Fall 2014. It was lying on my desk with a pile of other Japanese sewing books for review and when I came to it, I thought it was quite late into the Fall season to review this.…
The arrival of Spring means… more sewing books! Lots of temptation (at least for me). Click on the images to see more book details like ISBN number and preview pictures. 1. Easy sewing for your angel The cover shows a little girl but it…
As promised, another book review of a soon to be released English translated Japanese Sewing Book. I know I promised it would be up last week but I have a good excuse. An excuse that explains why getting a blog post photographed and written…
3 years ago I bought this book while holidaying in Japan, called Sewing Recipe for Girls, by one of my favourite author/pattern designer Yoshiko Tsukiori 月居良子. There is also an adult version of this book called Sewing Recipe. The books are designed to function not…
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…
I picked up the crocheting bug a few years ago when looking for winter patterns. Crocheting is a very therapeutic hobby and very portable as well since you can’t lug a sewing machine everywhere you go. So when I saw this new magazine –…