This month’s sew-along, or rather, sewing tutorial, is a simple wallet that I made for my girl to carry to school. As she is only in primary school, she only needs to carry some loose change, a couple of bills occasionally, as well as…
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…
Today’s translation request is dress C3 from this book リネンの服 ウールの服 Click on the images below to view the detailed translations. Let me know if you have any questions about the translations, Eka. In the meantime, happy sewing!…
I will be sewing some back to school items this month, even though school has already started for a month ;P I just didn’t have time to do so in December, but I guess it’s better late than never? So since I will…
I have been seeing lots of YOUR creations on my Facebook page and I can tell you it’s been wonderful seeing them. Now it’s my turn to show you mine. First of all, I said I was going to sew on Chinese brocade, and I did.…
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…
Today’s book review is a wonderful find from my trip to Japan. The title is はじめてさんのソーイング. Which roughly translates to First timer’s sewing. It’s actually a sewing book for beginners, and despite having sewn for many years, I still feel like a beginner sometimes.…
Today we are going to tackle the side zipper opening of the dress. This took me a few experiments to figure it out. I am not even sure if this is the correct way to do it but it works! 🙂 So here goes….…
Now, let’s get started! This is what we are going to be doing today. The sewing was mainly documented in video form and I did not have enough time to take screenshots so most of the sewing process will be in the form of a…
Welcome to Sew Along Day 1 of the Girls Qi Pao (Chinese Dress). Today we will download and assemble the pattern and get our materials ready. 1. First, please choose your size and download the corresponding PDF file. Please download from my PDF pattern…