I made a last ditch effort to dig around the archives for this book review, I was so sure that I had reviewed it, partly because I remember being really excited about its release and I bought it as soon as it was available…
I need to have a better “filing” system for my blog posts. Now that I have been blogging for almost two years, I find it hard to keep track of what I have blogged and what I haven’t. I was reminded of this recently…
Sewing Pochee is published 4 times a year according to the seasons, and it includes lots of sponsored specials and special features that are more often found in magazines than books. The projects range from garments to accessories and ornaments, quite similar to Cotton…
Those of you who visit my blog regularly may have realized that I have been slow to update recently. My eldest was having her exams and I know it sounds ridiculous but it meant that I was not able to blog and sew as…
Yay it’s FINALLY here. The Autumn version of Cucito magazine. Highlights of this issue – patterns for the 130,140,150cm group which are not often found in books and magazines. My eldest just went past the 130cm mark, this will come in handy! The magazine…
Today’s translation request is from Yulia, who needed some help translating the different types of interfacing used in this book – More Handmade Wallets that I reviewed quite a while ago. About interfacing An introduction about the interfacing used in this book. In particular…
Another sneak peek review of a soon to be published book from Tuttle. It’s not a sewing book, but it combines the use of pretty Japanese fabrics and the traditional art of Origami and the book is aptly titled – Fabrigami. The only Origami…
Today’s translation request is for Vy. Style D – Puff sleeve blouse with back opening from one of my favourite books! click on image to zoom Oshare ga Suki na Onnanoko no Fuku Mano Akiko…
This is the first book I’ve ever bought on sewing Men’s shirts! And definitely my first book review on this subject. I was first drawn to this book after receiving a sewing question from Happy Sew Lucky on instagram. I have actually seen this…
I stumbled upon a few archived pages from the early months of JapaneseSewingBooks.com and I realized that they are not linked anywhere else in the blog and are in fact buried deep in the archives. So I decided to consolidate all the links to…