Japanese Sewing Books

A peplum pattern crush April 21, 2015 Sew

Be warned my dear readers, this is going to be the first of many times I use this pattern. I’ve developed another serious pattern crush!

What pattern I h… Read more

Loving Liberty fleece April 18, 2015 Jumper/Cardigan

In September last year, just before we left for our big overseas family holiday, I was in the city and I popped into Tessuti. In my eyes, no city visit is complet… Read more

Jewel in the crown March 16, 2015 Coat/Jacket/Vest

This is my second and final contribution to the Japanese Sewalong on Tanoshii. It’s another win from Casual Sweet Clothes by Noriko Sasahara. IR… Read more

Vested interest March 14, 2015 Sew

The Japanese Sewalong at http://tanoshii-schneidern.blogspot.de has encouraged me to sew up some patterns from my largish Japanese pattern book collec… Read more

Nearly November 25, 2014 Dress/Pinafore/Tunic

This is one of those nearly makes. Not terrible, but just not quite right.

But let’s go back to the very beginning. I’m a collector of Japanese se… Read more

Bias plaid August 17, 2014 Sew

I popped into The Fabric Store in Melbourne a few weeks ago and after a quick ‘pat’ in the merino jersey section I headed straight for the 50% off t… Read more

Same but different… July 29, 2014 Sew

Remember that red silk top pattern that I used to make a jumper in my last post? Well before packing the pattern away, I decided to make it up as a top (rather than… Read more

A seasonally appropriate jumper July 27, 2014 Jumper/Cardigan

I put this jumper on for photos today and dare I say… it felt perfect. It was warm (hello Melbourne winter!), comfortable, stripey, boxy, cropped and I… Read more

Smug, shrug or dress? June 8, 2014 Coat/Jacket/Vest

Smug, shrug or dress? This post has it all. Let’s start with smug. Yes, I’m rather pleased with myself!

Readers, I did I really rare thing. I h… Read more