Hot off the press! This book is kind of a “sequel” to an earlier book called ハンドメイドのお財布 . The book is appropriately titled : もっと！ハンドメイドのお財布 which means “More! Handmade wallets”. I just saw this book listed a few weeks ago and decided I liked the…
Instead of talking about fabrics today, I am writing an ad-hoc post on where to buy Japanese sewing books and fabric shopping in Singapore. I have been asked this quite a lot both on this blog and my other blog, so I thought I…
Sorry for the late post. Was trying to (obsessing) finish up a dress. Do you know that feeling? 😛 Anyway, today’s title is not strictly correct, because today’s free “patterns” site doesn’t provide any patterns, but shows us how she made the following items…
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…
Today’s translation took a long time! When I first saw it I thought it was quite easy. But it turned out that, as I was unfamiliar with the construction of a Chinese dress (it’s actually called the qipao or cheongsam here), there were several…
More fabrics from my collection! November books designed by Push-pin for Kokka fabrics. There are many brands under Push-pin, and you can visit their website to see them all. But my favourite of them all has got to be November books. I get attracted…
Have you seen the uber cute macaroon pouches? They are cute and tiny and you can customize them using embroidery, fabrics, even crochet. All you need are some scrap fabrics, a zip and some large covered buttons. Here are some free (with great photo…
Another sewing magazine review. Cotton Friend usually covers a whole range of crafts, mostly to do with zakka and fabrics. This is the summer edition, and it caught my eye because it says サマーソーイング ”Summer Sewing”.…
I’ve been getting more translation requests lately so those of you who have emailed me, please be patient. They are all in the queue! 🙂 Today’s translation request is from Judy and look at this cute book! Easy, Cute Handmade Felt Mascots by Boutique-Sha…
Have you heard of Decole? Well, truthfully, I hadn’t. Till I stumbled upon this sale item, and it was so cute I had to buy it. The discounted price helped too of course. 🙂 It was not till I searched for more information before…