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Japanese Sewing Books in English

Book Flip-Through of A Year of Sewing with Nani Iro

It’s finally here! The long-awaited English translation of Naomi Ito’s latest sewing book – 季節をまとう 一年の服 . The English title of the book is “A Year of Sewing with Nani Iro” and it even has a brand new cover! I was so excited when…

July 2, 2022

The Short Sleeve Work Dress from Nani IRO Sewing Studio

I have been quiet… quietly obsessing with this fabric from nani IRO’s beau yin yang collection from 2 years ago. It is one of my favorite collections since the whole collection is in my favorite monochromatic palette.…

August 30, 2019

GIVEAWAY of The Nani Iro Sewing Studio

In the last blog post I mentioned that there will be a giveaway for this new English version of the nani IRO Sewing Studio didn’t I? Well, it’s happening now on my Instagram account The book won’t be released till mid June so here’s…

April 26, 2019

Book Review – Nani Iro Sewing Studio (now in English)

It’s been about a year since the launch of nani IRO’s latest sewing book and I know many of you have bought the book thanks to the gorgeous pictures and fabric, never mind if you can’t read a word of Japanese. But I have…

April 16, 2019

Book Review – 501 Enchanting Embroidery Designs

Today I am going to review another Japanese Sewing Book that has been translated to English. And this time round, it’s not a machine sewing book but a hand sewing one. I’ve had a number of queries about embroidery books so this one is for…

February 24, 2017

Sew-Along for Boy’s Stand-Up Collar Shirt Day 3

Day 3 and final day of the sew along. If you haven’t , go to the first post here. The book we are sewing from is Happy Homemade: Sew Chic Kids: 20 Designs That are Fun and Unique-Just Like Your Kid! List Price:$16.95 Price:$12.33 You…

January 11, 2017

Sew Along for Boys Stand-UP Collar Shirt – Day 1

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a good break over the Christmas and holiday period. I know I haven’t posted much since last December but I was kind of burned out after the holiday. Somehow things move along a lot slower too…

January 6, 2017

Book Review and Giveaway – Patchwork Quilted Bags

Today’s book review is a yet to be released title named Patchwork Quilted Bags, and this is your favourite part – it’s in English! The author/designer is Reiko Washizawa, 鷲沢玲子, a famous and well-published Quilt designer in Japan. She has been quilting for 40…

August 6, 2016