Sewing and fashion with a Japanese twist
Kimono Hunting in Kyoto – Kyoto Antiques Fair Part of the reason I got into sewing was to one day turn kimonos into dresses. And while I’m not really ready for that yet, I’ve always got my eye out for cheap second hand kimonos that I can refashion. This week is the Kyoto Antiques Fair
BSM 2018-08-103 Red Umbrella Mini-Skirt This is a project from Autumn last year. I made it for my birthday trip to Arima Hot springs with my friends. The project The skirt comes from Burda Style August 2018, Swinging Sixties collection. Original is here. I loved the cool exposed zip and angled front skirt – a
Old Project Review – Full Skirted Dress, British Sewing Bee Book As summer is on the way I’ve been switching round my wardrobe this weekend. I dug around the back of my closet and pulled out all my summer clothes including this; my green swirly dress! This dress has a real special place in my
Pencil skirt With this project I actually started out with the fabric and then trying to find a suitable pattern for it. The Fabric Absolutely gorgeous pattern of trees and leaves in silver-grey and black. It reminded me so much of cherry blossom season here, of going to hanami picnics and looking up at the
Project Burda Style 2018-02-120 Bow-Back-Blouse Pattern available here Choosing the project Since the nightmare of the silk Christmas Party Dress of 2016 (A story I’ll tell one day) I have been very weary of silks or silk-like light fabrics. I figured that it must be my cheaper sewing machine that was the problem, or that
So, today I had a very important meeting with one of our client companies and I finally got to wear the outfit I had made just for this occasion. This meeting has been in the works for a couple of months so I think I originally started preparing these projects way back in February. And
Project: Burda Style magazine, May dress 109 Pictures Pattern (if you wanted to make this for yourself) When my copy of Burda Style May arrived I was so excited to get started making all the gorgeous dresses! I fell in love with 112 – the cross-over back, the flutter sleeves that would be perfect
Hi! To celebrate finally getting this blog launched I decided to bake scones and meet my friends for afternoon tea in Osaka Castle Park. The weather was perfect – bright and sunny and not too hot yet. I’m wearing my newly completed (just finished hemming 5 minutes before I had to leave) dress from Burda
