Browsing the archives for the step by step photographs tag

Free Japanese Sewing Patterns – Macaroon Pouch

picturecollage

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 instructions) patterns on how to make them. I found these online [...]

Sew Along 2 – The Balloon Dress – Day 2

Today we will attach the pockets to the outer/surface fabric dress and sew the necklines+armholes.

Book Review – Kurai Muki’s Basic Bag Making

basicbagmaking 1

This post was due yesterday but I was caught up with a little project. Those of you who follow me on Facebook may have seen a youtube bag making video that I posted a few days ago. That project is from this book, and after watching the video I was inspired to actually get started [...]

Book Review – Cucito Summer 2012

summer2012cucito

Cucito is a kids sewing magazine published by Boutique-sha. The same people who publish Lady’s Boutique and Cotton Friend. They also publish a lot of other craft books and magazines. This is one of the magazines that I will buy regularly because not only is it cheaper than a normal sewing book but also for the [...]

Free Japanese Sewing Pattern – UneUneGoroGoro

picturecollage

What a cute name!  Today’s blog is called UneUne GoroGoro うねうねごろごろ ( 日々をうねうね 日々をごろごろ) Google translate tells me it means Winding Purring (Winding everyday, Purring everyday). I don’t understand winding is but I am guessing this lady likes cats? It doesn’t matter because she makes the cutest things! I was drawn to this site because my little one [...]

Free Japanese Sewing Patterns – Nuimonotictac

picturecollage

I’ve seen a couple of requests for boy patterns. Sorry to say that because I have two girls, the only boy patterns I have are from books that have a combination of patterns for kids. I don’t have any books specially for boys! But today’s free pattern link will be useful to those of you [...]

Book Review – Pochee 2010 Spring Vol. 9

cover

First of all, I’m not sure if Pochee is a book or a magazine. If you remember my other Pochee review over here, I used to think that it was a magazine, like Cotton Friend/Cotton Time, but the staff at Kinouniya told me it’s a book. and it does have an ISBN number. Anyway, I’ll [...]

Free Japanese Sewing Patterns – Juki

picturecollage

I didn’t post last week as it was school holidays. Holidays for the kids, but extra busy time for Mum Strangely though, I did have more time to sew. Somehow the kids are happier seeing my sewing (stuff for them) then working on the computer. So it was rather productive last week. I even bought [...]

Free Japanese Sewing Patterns – Bee Factory

picturecollage

How many bags does a girl need? How many bags does a girl want? How many bags have I made? Not enough Today’s free pattern link is from Bee Factory. There are lots of free patterns out there for little items like bags and pouches but not many with such detailed photographs and diagrams. Just [...]