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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 Videos of my Japanese Sewing Patterns Book Collection

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August 22, 2016

New Releases – February 2014

From this month onwards, I will  be blogging once a month about new releases in Japanese Sewing Books. 🙂 The books I have listed are based on their release dates in February. Some of the new magazines due for release in March have already…

February 13, 2014

Book Review – Lock Machine Book

I once mentioned in an earlier post that I wanted to get hold of this book but it was out of stock. I finally managed to get my hands on it, and it’s good! I bought this book because I was venturing into the…

November 16, 2012

Book Review – Kids Felt Toys

Today’s book review is a very cute book on make-believe felt toys for kids. The title is フエルトのごっこあそび。I went through a period of making felt food quite some time ago, as I can’t really keep my hands still even when I’m watching TV and…

November 9, 2012

Book Review – Simple Chic

Here’s a book title that requires no translation. Simple Chic. It’s not a very new book, but I’ve been buying mostly books for girls, so it’s only lately that I started sewing for myself and started buying more adult pattern books. Today was one…

October 19, 2012

Book Review – Kids Clothes Sewing Lesson Book

I received this book together with the More! Handmade Wallets a couple of weeks ago, and I could not wait to share! This is a very new book also published by Nihon Vogue. I check their site out too often and I keep seeing…

October 12, 2012

Book Review – Cotton Friend Autumn 2012

Is it Autumn yet? Being here in Singapore it’s hot all year round, so it’s hard to tell when the seasons change in other parts of the world. I rely on the publishing dates of my favourite sewing magazines like Cotton Friend and Cucito…

October 5, 2012

Book Review – Everyday clothes for girls

Today’s book review is “a sunny spot 女の子のまいにちの服(Heart warming life series, or Everyday clothes for girls. This book is relatively new as it was only published this year in April, I’ve already used two patterns for this book, and there are still a couple…

September 21, 2012

Book Review – Canvas Bags

One of my new books, and quite a recent release as well as it was just released on July 24th. I have a weakness for bag pattern books. I first saw this under the new books listed in nihon-vogue’s website. The patterns are very…

August 31, 2012