Book Flip Through Review – Coat Sewing

Today’s book review will take on a different format, one that I hope will allow me to post more book reviews quicker and faster! So what’s the difference? I noticed that ever since I started posting book flip through videos, the photos became quite…

December 10, 2018

Book Flip Through Review and Giveaway – Pom Pom Animals

Today’s book review is not a sewing book but a craft book, and it is oozing with so much cuteness that you will not be able to resist! before I start, some back story about how I came to discover this book. I received an…

November 19, 2018

New Pattern Release – Ladies Qipao (New and improved!)

New pattern release in my Porcupine patterns store! Ok at first glance it doesn’t seem like a new release since I’ve had a free pattern for quite a while, but let me take the opportunity, since this is a blog post, to explain the…

November 3, 2018

Interview with Kayo Horaguchi

Today’s blog post is a special feature on one of my favorite Japanese illustrators – Kayo Horaguchi. I have blogged a few times about her fabrics and sometime in August, I was given the opportunity to interview Horaguchi-san through email. My written and spoken…

October 16, 2018

New Releases – August and September 2018

I have been hiding in a hole working on a new pattern and I’ve finally sent it out for testing, so what’s the first thing I do??? Shop! 😛 And I realized I have been sitting on this post for a week because today…

October 1, 2018

Translation Request – Check and Stripe

Today’s translation request is from this book For No. 2 Round collar Dress (which is also the dress featured on the cover) I have translated the written instructions for Megan, instead of overlaying the text on the images because this pattern was 3 pages…

September 14, 2018

Book Review – Handmade Dresses I want to Brag About

Today’s book review was the second most popular book chosen by you from my IG and FB poll a few weeks ago. I can totally understand why because I actually bought this book blind…. all for that dress on the cover! It looks like…

August 20, 2018

New Releases – June/July 2018

So I have been busy packing, moving, unpacking for the last one month and even though I planned a couple of posts for the month of June I just could not muster up enough energy to work on it at the end of the day.…

July 3, 2018

New Pattern Release – The Amie Top

Hi Everyone, I am hijacking my blog again 😛 to tell you about a new Pattern Release on my Porcupine Patterns PDF Pattern store 🙂 The Amie Top is a knit top pattern that comes with 3 different necklines and 8 sleeve options.  It is…

May 22, 2018