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”…
I went away for the long weekend, had a good break but sadly missed the 20% Kinokuniya sale. Feeling a little blue about it so I decided to go yesterday anyway even though there wasn’t a sale going on. Bookshops are my little getaways…
Another Summer magazine and one of my staples every season. It’s the Female magazine Summer edition 2013. What I love about sewing magazines is that there is always a much larger number of projects compared to a sewing book, but do note that not ALL…
Time for some Summer sewing magazine reviews! Let’s have a look at Cotton Friend Summer edition 2013. Vol 47. Words in bold – “Summer Sewing Plan” Lots of projects to make! From clothes to bags and accessories. A drapey linen-knit cardigan made up of…
So we started the trip with 1 suitcase but came back with – 2 boxes, 2 duffels, and the original suitcase of course. The exchange rate was just too tempting! Before I left, I told myself not to buy too many books as I’m…
Today’s book review is another Japanese Sewing Book translated to English. The title of the book is Stylish Dress Book – Simple smocks, Dresses and Tops. The author is Yoshiko Tsukiori who is also the author of many other sewing books like Happy Homemade:…
I recently discovered the Japanese version of this book through one of my readers, who sent me a request for translation. I don’t have this Japanese sewing book in my collection (I don’t know why!) but I heard so many raves about it online.…