I get a lot of questions about where to buy Japanese sewing books and magazines, so I decided to compile a list here. This list is only for online shops as I think it will be more useful for now compared to a list…
As promised, a review of the latest Female magazine – Autumn 2013. I must say we really get it at a good price here. The listed price in Japanese Yen is 840, based on the current exchange rate, that is about SGD10.78, and with…
I have been getting a lot of queries about where to buy the magazines, and I have not replied some of you yet. Sorry about that, but what I am going to do is to compile a list of sources for purchasing Japanese sewing…
Is it Autumn already? I bought two magazines last week. Cotton Friend Autumn (above) and Female (which will be reviewed next week!) Index page showing all the included projects (part 1) Index page part 2! As usual, other than clothes, lots of small goods,…
It’s been a while since I have posted any links to Free Japanese Sewing Patterns, and recently I have had some feedback that some of the links are no longer working. I am trying to find archived versions for those that have been already…
Today’s book review is not a very new book, in fact, I can’t quite remember when I bought it but I rediscovered it recently while moving my books around (to make more space for more books) The title is 冬でも夏でもずっと着られる ONE-PIECE & BOTTOMS 大人のふんわりかわいい服.…
Today’s book review is a Cotton Friend Special Edition – Nanatone’s Fashion Book – Sewing Variations. (In Japanese – NANATONE のおしゃれBOOK ソーイングバリエーション) I first mentioned NANATONE by Megumi Aoki in the Cotton Friend Spring 2013 Edition review. NANATONE is the brainchild of Megumi Aoki,…
Back to reviewing Japanese Sewing Books in Japanese! Today’s book is いつでもワンピース which means (at) anytime dresses. The book is by 成田 邦子 and it’s “quite” a new book, given that it was only released 30th June this year. It was one of the few…
Look what I found in my mailbox last week! The very kind folks at Laurence King who sent me review copies of Stylish Dress Book and Feminine Wardrobe sent me this book last week. A great mood-lifter for me given that I have been “bugged”…
This translation was requested by Courtney, who needed help with Step 1 of dress h from this book. Step 1 is the attachment of the button placket. I had never sewn one of these before, but I’ve always been curious to how it actually…