Browsing the archives for the translating japanese sewing pattern tag
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)
Another translation request from the Daily Sewing Book. This time it’s pattern d. a Polka Dot tunic. Click on image for full translation.
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 [...]
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. [...]
Today’s question was more like a sewing pattern help than a real request for translation, but it’s still important. BK cut out the pieces to this shirt from one of the books that I happen to have and reviewed about . Simple+one by Kurai Muki. But she noticed that the pattern piece for facings (not [...]
I know that despite the best translation guides and dictionaries, sometimes it is still hard to deciper a pattern especially when you pick up a book like this. Some books provide great step by step picture, but this book gives me a one page “how-to-make”, with no step by step diagrams. I’m suppose to guess [...]
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 [...]
Japanese sewing books+fabrics addict. Sharing whatever I know (and still learning) about Japanese sewing books+patterns.
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