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Japanese Sewing Book Series with Sanae Ishida
Oooh, I hope you are ready for today’s post because it is a BIG one. We are starting to get into the nitty gritty details of Japanese patterns – the parts that make a lot of us cringe. But today we...
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Japanese Sewing Book Series with elsie marley
It’s already day three of the series and we’re really starting to get into the meat of these books. Honestly, when I tried sewing from a Japanese sewing book for the first time, the most intimidating...
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Japanese Sewing Book Series with miss matatabi
Welcome to Day 4 of the Japanese Sewing Book Series! Remember the invaluable little layout picture (see above) that Meg kept referring to yesterday? Well, today we’re going to break that down for you...
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Japanese Sewing Book Series with nested in stitches
It’s the last day of the series! *sniff sniff* I really hope you’ve enjoyed all the posts my guests have put together for you. Are you beginning to feel like you can tackle these patterns on your...
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Japanese Sewing Book GIVEAWAY!
THANK YOU THANK YOU for joining us for the Japanese Sewing Book Series!! I can’t tell you had much fun I had working with my 5 fabulous guests and how much I learned from them. I’m honestly so...
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Japanese Sewing Book Series Wrap-up!
Phew! Looks like the Japanese Sewing Book Series is already over! I’m sad, but so so grateful for my awesome guests for all of their hard work! I didn’t even realize it until halfway through the...
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KCW Spring 13: Getting ready
My partner said to me yesterday: “I’m not a big fan of KCW . . . except for all of the cute clothes that comes out of it.” HAH! Kids Clothing Week is here and it’s definitely caught me off guard a...
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KCW Spring 13: Little Letter Halter and Parsley Shorts
Quick post for the outfit I made yesterday . . . I started with a super cute and simple halter top from the Japanese sewing book, あかちゃんの服、てづくりの服 (Baby clothes, handmade clothes), (also available on...
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Happy Homemade Sew-along // day two
Head over to Elsie Marley for Day 2 of the Happy Homemade Sew-along!! I’ll be back tomorrow with Day Three :)
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Happy Homemade Sew-along // day three
Day Three! So we’ve prepped our pattern and cut our fabric and we’re finally ready to sew! Today we’re going to be doing steps 1-3 of the Pull-over Parka from Happy Homemade: Sew Chic Kids. The...
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Happy Homemade Sew-along // day four
It’s Day 4, and today we’re tackling the trickiest part of constructing the pull-over. Meg is going to take us through attaching the hood to the pull-over and finishing the neckline. My advice, take...
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Happy Homemade Sew-along // day five
It’s the last day of the Happy Homemade Sew-along!! So excited to finish up our pull-overs today! I know that some of you have already gone ahead and finished your hoodies, and some people are just...
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Happy Homemade Sew-along // the hoodie
Did you finish your pull-over for the Happy Homemade Sew-along!? Today is the day you want to get your pictures into the Flickr group! Be sure to do that by the end of the day. Someone asked me what...
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