One of the more important translation terms that I have yet to add, is the list of pattern names (e.g. polka dots/stripes) as well as colors. Most of the time you will be making the garment out of your own choice of fabrics, but…
Have you heard of a bag-in-bag? Do you have a bag-in-bag? Well, a bag-in-bag is basically a smaller bag that has lots of pockets and compartments that allows you to sort everything out and be super organized! It’s great for keeping all the important…
Alice from Sommet Outta Nuthin… needed some help with translation for this pattern. I only translated the materials for kids size here as that’s the one she needed. Translations for Pg 44 UV Cut Hat from Pochee Vol. 9 Name of parts of hat トップクラウン –…
Remember the last book giveaway for Mother’s Day? Here’s what our winner received in the mail! A little package of goodies! First we have the book (of course) some Handmade labels from Japan. A little book on patchwork projects, with visual diagrams teaching you the…
I received a request last week to translate 5 pages of a craft pattern. I spent hours on it, and even wrote up the blog post. It occurred to me just before posting it that it will be more useful if I had the…
I was looking for a hat pattern to sew for my kids, and found this very useful site with step by step photographs for instructions 🙂 The site is called Tank Engine and the links to the free patterns are here. When you click…
This must be the first English book I’m reviewing. 🙂 Drape Drape is a series of Japanese sewing books by Hisako Sato. There are already 3 volumes released. These books have been greatly raved about, and wait till you see the pictures to find out…
No translation requests today, so I found more sewing terms to translate! 用尺 - measure of cloth required when sewing 合印 – match marks (matching marks on pattern) わ – fold-line 縫い代 – seam allowance 中表 – right sides of fabric facing each other 外表…
It’s the beginning of the school holidays here and it’s hard trying to put a blog post together with the kids asking me questions every few minutes! Lol… Anyhow, today’s link to free patterns is a website called Handmade SunMoon. She does not have…
Today we will look at the rest of the book – All your kids need (read part 1 here) Some more sewing projects. The title says it’s formal wear for school entrance ceremony which apparently is a big thing at the beginning of the school…