Today’s question was more like a sewing pattern help than a real request for translation, but it’s still important. BK cut out the pieces to this shirt from one of the books that I happen to have and reviewed about . Simple+one by Kurai…
Pigeon is a big baby products brand in Japan. It is very popular in Singapore as well. When my babies were little, we used alot of Pigeon stuff, from baby wipes to teething rings, even my favorite nail clipper is actually a Pigeon baby…
Today’s book review is from one of my most frequently used books. This is a book covers sewing and other crafty projects, all related to school supplies and school going children. This book is also the thickest sewing/craft book I have! It’s 187 pages…
I know that despite the best translation guides and dictionaries, sometimes it is still hard to deciper a pattern especially when you pick up a book like this. Some books provide great step by step picture, but this book gives me a one page…
Today’s free pattern find came from my search for a doll’s dress pattern for my girls. One of the best toys I’ve bought them is this Japanese doll called Mell-chan メルちゃん This doll is the sturdiest doll they have ever had. Every other doll they have…
Did you guys have fun sewing the Granny bag in the sew-along? Here are more goodies in the book that the bag was “inspired” from 🙂 The title of the book is いちばんよくわかる – 毎日使いたいバッグ which according to Google translate means Most often seen –…
Today we will finish the bag! Yay! 1. Iron on the interfacing to the long strips (handle strips) by aligning the pieces down the middle. Set aside for later. 2. Taking one of the shorter strips, pin it to the top opening of the…
How did Day 1 go? Too fast? Too slow? Shall we move on? Let’s proceed to making the bag body today. 🙂 1 . Sew the darts (See below) 2. Repeat on the other side. Now one side of your bag should look like…
It’s the first day of our sew-along! Before we begin, I just wanted to go into some details on interfacing and fabric cutting. Those of you who have already made bags and are expert sewers, please bear with me or just skip this section…
One of the great suggestions from the Mother’s Day Book Giveaway was to have a sew-along. Originally, I wanted to do a sew-along that will use pattern from a Japanese sewing book so that we can go through the entire process of deciphering the…