Browsing the archives for the Guides category
Talk about procastination. After the flurry of requests last week about how to buy fabrics from Rakuten, I dug out this old draft that I started in February! Before I begin, I must emphasize that this may not be the cheapest way to get the fabrics because of the additional shipping costs and administration fee [...]
My third trip to Sapporo and I think I should write about my favourite fabric shop in Sapporo. The shop is called カナリヤKanariya. They have shops selling fabrics as well as ready made clothes. There are quite a number of branches but today I will be talking about their main store that is near Odori [...]
Today’s link is not for a free pattern, but an amazing discovery. It’s not a new thing but I had no idea it existed till last week! It’s a really useful website for me because firstly, it is from my favourite Japanese sewing books publisher Nihon Vogue. Secondly, it allows me to browse through the [...]
I come across many comments while surfing for Japanese Sewing Books, that Japanese patterns are very pretty, the photos in the books are gorgeous, but the results always look shapeless and sometimes pajama like? Not true. First of all, there are books with properly fitted bodices/dresses that are not loose and airy. It’s just that [...]
This will be a series of posts to guide you through the steps of making a dress using a Japanese sewing book pattern. Hope that this will be useful especially to beginners or those of you who have just bought one for the first time and can’t wait to try! Step 1 – Find the [...]
It’s been a quiet week on the blog, because we are celebrating Chinese New Year over here in Singapore. Only two days of public holidays but many people have taken leave because there is so much partying to do. Will be back in full force next week. In the meantime, one of my friends needed [...]
After posting the dictionary of sewing terms, I shall now go through an example of a typical pattern you can find in the sewing books. Most pattern books follow a similar structure such as this one. You will usually find something like the above, with the size information as well as the list of materials [...]
A typical Japanese sewing or pattern book usually starts with gorgeous pictures of cute models in the finished projects, sometimes followed by a summary of all the projects available in the book. At the end of the pretty pictures, before you dive into the patterns+instructions per se, there is usually a page indicating size information [...]
It goes without saying that even if you are shopping for a sewing book in your own preferred language, you should get one that is suited for your proficiency level. Similarly, for Japanese sewing books, there are books suited for different levels. Unfortunately, it is not always easy to tell by the cover, and it [...]
Japanese sewing books+fabrics addict. Sharing whatever I know (and still learning) about Japanese sewing books+patterns.
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