I can’t believe it’s already the first week of April. Here are the new releases for this month. Happy browsing! ワンピースがいちばん Best Dresses (by Machiko Kayaki author of Skirt ala carte) 手ぬいで作る! おとな可愛いおしゃれ服 Make it by hand! Cute and Fashionable clothes for adults (hand…
Time for a Sew-Along Poll! I made up my mind this year, to make good use of my Japanese Sewing Books collection and it’s time to do so. I’ve shortlisted 3 “I will most likely wear” pieces that I want to make, but I…
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged about fabrics, maybe it’s because I haven’t been buying much lately. This might change soon after checking out the nani IRO 2014 collection! It’s been out for a while now, but I’ve never had time to look…
We had a one week school holiday last week, which meant very little time for any sewing or blogging. One thing I look forward to during the March school holidays, is the Kinokuniya book sale! Unfortunately I did not find many newly released books.…
This is a translation request for a pocket dress, requested by Janene, from a book that I almost forgot I had! おしゃまな女の子のお洋服 ISBN : 978-4529047678 Pocket Dress on Page 12 1. Fold over the top edge of the central panel fabric, sew a casing and insert…
Here’s what I was busy with last week (hence the lack of posts ;P). Sewing for the very cool Mailbox Surprise Series hosted by Marta (of DoGuincho) and Marte (of Compagnie M.). Here’s a peek of one of the two projects I made. Hop…
It’s the first week of March and here are some new books and magazines that will be released this month. Spring is here! かわいいベビーと小さな子の服 Cute baby and small child clothes 作ってあげたい、女の子のお洋服 Clothes for girls that I want to make レディブティックシリーズ３７３５ ずっと着たい大人の服 Lady Boutique Series…
A translation request for Meghan from a bag pattern book.…
I haven’t been buying many books lately, as most books during the winter season are devoted to knitting and crochet. So I turned my attention to sewing books for bags and purses. I kind of stopped looking for a while because I had too…
Welcome to Day#2 of our sewing video tutorial. Do you have all your materials ready? Let’s start! To begin with, please refer to the layout diagram below, for the positioning of the different parts of the wallet. You will need to mark the position…