Today’s blog post is a guest post by Rin Gomura of Sew in Love. Rin is my very first guest blogger! I can’t remember how long ago it was when I started following her on twitter, and subsequently discovering her lovely blog, but I can tell you I was pretty excited when she emailed me [...]
Browsing the archives for the Translations and Help with Patterns category
18 Mar 13
Translation Requests – 2 nani IRO patterns
Translated project #1 – Pocho Smock I was asked to translated this pattern for a smock (nani IRO 2009 recipe No. 3) sometime end of last year. Finally got around to making one for myself! Before I sew with very precious fabric, I usually make a muslin first just to be sure the size and [...]
4 Mar 13
March is nani IRO month!
I first discovered naniIRO fabric more than 5 years ago while fabric shopping in Odakaya in Shinjuku which is a craft and fabric store. Located near the cashier was a row of fabrics. The colors were colorful yet muted in a way, and the water color effect was just too gorgeous to resist. I stood [...]
28 Feb 13
Translation Request part 2
I forgot to post this up last week! Was too caught up with the videos Here’s the second translation I did from this book. This time it’s a puff sleeve blouse – project P. Click on the images to zoom in.
15 Feb 13
Translation Request
Just wanted to share with you a recent translation request from one of my readers – Kat, that I received a few weeks ago. I was so sure I reviewed this book before but after searching my own archives, it seems that I haven’t? Anyway, this book is all about Girls clothes using knit fabrics. [...]
20 Sep 12
Translation Requestion – Chinese Dress
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 steps that was not quite understandable. I hope it will make [...]
13 Sep 12
Translation Requests – Felt Toys for Judy
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 (ISBN 978-4-8347-3396-9)
30 Aug 12
Translation Request – Polka Dot Tunic
Another translation request from the Daily Sewing Book. This time it’s pattern d. a Polka Dot tunic. Click on image for full translation.
23 Aug 12
Translation Request – Daily Sewing Book
I received a translation request for a couple of patterns from this book – Daily Sewing Book The first pattern I translated was G.02 which is a slip dress with tucks and gathers in the front, and gathers at the back. Note that when they mentioned border cloth, it’s actually similar to bias tape. The [...]
1 Aug 12
Translation Requests – for Niki
This week’s translation request is from Niki, who needed some help with the following patterns. The first pattern is from the book girly style wardrobe – おんなのこのワードローブ The second pattern is from another book that I’ve reviewed before – おしゃれが好きな女の子の服 The name of this shirt is called – no suribu burawusu – No Sleeve Blouse. [...]
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