It has been a while since we had a giveaway on the blog. It’s about time! Those of you who have been to my blog must have noticed my sponsor’s banner Japan Lovely Crafts on the right sidebar. Japan Lovely Crafts is an Etsy…
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…
I picked up this book from the Kinokuniya sale over the National Day weekend. It is a book about the basics of handmade bags and it’s great for beginners! This book is split up into 3 main sections. The first section is more like…
This week’s translation request is from this book – Straight Stitch Sewing Tunics and Dresses by Sato Watanabe. The pattern translated is for pattern E variation 2. click on image to zoom in Materials Fabric – 2 Way Toriko Satin [Solpano 4112999] 145cm wide…
It’s a brand new month! And here are the new releases that are coming soon, as well as some that have been released over the past few months (that have escaped my radar) Obviously I have not been too hardworking at shopping lately 😛…
This week’s book review is the first time I am reviewing a Japanese sewing book that has been translated into Chinese. There are many Japanese sewing books translated into Chinese by the Taiwanese publishers, since I guess in Taiwan there seems to be a…
Laura wrote to me end of June, asking me to translate this pattern for her, so that she could sew this for her best friend’s son. He is about 7 months old, and I hope these shoes will fit him since there is no…
I’m sorry for posting later and later into the week. I have been bogged down by work earlier this week and hopefully next week will be back to normal. My list of translation requests is growing too (sorry to keep you waiting!) and I’ve…
I’ve received a lot of questions lately about the kimono, yukata and jinbei from different readers, and I realized that other than the seasonal pattern in Cucito Kids, I don’t actually have a book on making them or even tried making one. Well, the…
Didn’t spot many new sewing books this month other than the regular periodicals, but there were a couple of books for larger sizes, which some of you have been asking about. There is also a new Kurai Muki book on aprons. Her books have…