Sewing · January 14, 2017

I wrote a quick guide to start sewing from Japanese sewing books, and a list of Japanese sewing vocabularies ("vocabulary" is such a hard word to pronounce for a Japanese!). I am hoping that these might help people who are intimidated by books full of foreign language, or when diagrams alone are not clear enough to explain sewing processes....

Sewing · January 10, 2017

I made a pair of leggings for my daughter using a pair I bought for myself. The original pair had some problem I could not live with, but I loved its fabric so much that I decided to keep them to use as material for another pair for my daughter....

Sewing · January 09, 2017

Last year was a slow year for my sewing and creativity. Partially (ok, maybe a big part), it was because I was taking care of a one year old baby for the first time. However, the biggest reason is that I felt guilty about creating more "things" when I already had so many....

Sewing · January 08, 2017

I have twin baby nephews who are 2 months younger than my daughter. I needed gifts which I can send to Japan via airmail without going bankrupt. After thinking about it for a while, I ended up making something my daughter wears daily and I consider to be some of the most useful pieces of clothing I made for her: turtleneck shirts. 日本に住む双子の甥っ子たちに、クリスマスプレゼントとしてタートルネックシャツを作りました。