It’s that time of the year again when the Instagram challenge Sew Japanese in January is hosted by @bloglessanna and @craftyjane_makes, and I do love this one as it makes me get out my Japanese sewing books and make plans! I actually thought about what I might need, rather than want, and I felt that […]
Read moreI made this before we went away in December and then forgot that I’d made it. I found it during a recent cull of clothing and was so delighted. It’s from the drape drape 2 Japanese pattern book It’s the second garment I’ve made from this book (the asymmetrical top being the other one), and I can’t wait […]
Read moreI was going to entitle this post “Japanese sewing books for beginners” because if anyone is nervous about Japanese sewing patterns, then this is the book for them! First, however, my jacket. What can I say? I adore it! Back view first so that you can see the awesome hood. Then a rather untidy front view, […]
Read moreI have made the shirt Pattern M from Basic Black recently and I wanted to make Pattern N which is a shirt dress, using pattern M as the basis. Apologies for the poor quality photos but I carefully took my camera off to the river only to find that I had inadvertently left the memory card behind. […]
Read moreI have identified a gap in my wardrobe – a need, not a want! I didn’t have a black shirt. Crazy, right? Once my whole wardrobe was filled with black things, but since I’ve started making all my clothes, I tend to not make them in black as it’s so hard to see, especially at night. […]
Read moreAs soon as I bought Casual Sweet Clothes by Noriko Sasahara I knew I had to make Jacket N. It is a braided denim jacket and I thought it would be a really useful addition to my wardrobe. And now begins a cautionary tale. I decided to make it a spring jacket and didn’t have […]
Read moreI used dress J from the Sweet Dress Book to stashbust this lovely piece of silk chiffon brought back from South Africa as a gift from my friend S. This is a very simple pattern; well it was once I had sorted out how the sleeves worked :). I think that were I to make […]
Read moreI think this says “dreams of snails”? This fabric had me paralysed. It is a beautiful silk scarf that was a gift, I knew I wouldn’t wear it as a scarf, and I really didn’t want to waste it. It has a lovely snail design in quite vivid colours I washed it and it went […]
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