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Flat collar blouse

January 13, 2011womenswear

I’m joining a Men’s Shirt Sew-Along at Male Pattern Boldness, starting at February 1! If you’ve never heard of Peter of Male Pattern Boldness, you really should check out his blog and read his adventure in clothes-making, written in the most entertaining way as possible. He posts everyday, which I really admire. Reading his posts [...]

Tagged as: Pattern Drafting book, self-drafted, sewing, top

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Cleaning up – CLOSED

January 11, 2011life

We cleaned up our wardrobe a couple of days ago, separating them into different piles. The supposedly easy task turned out to be not that easy! Some clothes are of course easy to be put away. Store-bought clothes who were ripped, stained, or damaged beyond repair, they were put together to be thrown away later [...]

Tagged as: closet clearance

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Red cardigan

January 6, 2011womenswear

Red is such a hard color to photograph! I just finished this red cardigan yesterday. The knit fabric is indeed wonderful. It is a bit transparent but surprisingly warm with fuzzy surface and tiny heart-shaped holes all over it. Too bad the pictures don’t show the fabric well. The pattern is Pris, I bought it [...]

Tagged as: cardigan, Japanese pattern, sewing, tamanegi-kobo

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Nature walk knit pants

January 4, 2011kidswear

This is my first oliver + s pattern that I’ve been wanting to try for sometime. This pair of pants is a part of Nature Walk pullover + knit pants, I only made the knit pants. The pattern is in size 5-12 years, very well presented with easy and clear instructions. The placement of the [...]

Tagged as: knit fabric, oliver + s, pants, sewing

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Kusatsu

January 1, 2011life

It’s 2011! I want to wish you a wonderful year ahead! We spent New Year’s Eve at home, just the three of us, eating pizza and playing games. The day before, we just got back from two days vacation in Kusatsu, a small city in Gunma prefecture. It’s about 4 hours bus trip from Tokyo. [...]

Tagged as: holiday

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Merii Kurisumasu!

December 26, 2010life

This year is the first time Sidra got presents for Christmas, and they were even properly wrapped and stacked under our mini Christmas tree! Of course all the presents are from me and my husband, as there are only the three of us in the family. I bought small things like socks, slippers, and some [...]

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Sunny day at the park

December 24, 2010life

Yesterday was a national holiday here in Japan. We went to Kichijoji to take a walk in the Inokashira park and play with guinea pigs in the small zoo. Guinea pigs = kawaii! (*_*) What a lovely day!

Tagged as: weekend

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Discovering Blogher

December 21, 2010review/giveaway

This is a compensated review by BlogHer. I found Blogher several months ago when I did some research to find the best ad network for my blog. You can see now that there’s a Blogher ad on the sidebar with links to featured posts from other blogs. I often clicked the links out of curiosity, [...]

Tagged as: blogher

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Christmas platypuses

December 20, 2010making other stuff

Since moving to Tokyo, Sidra has been exposed to Christmas things and activities from friends and school, so it’s only natural that he wants to have Christmas too at home. Last year, I bought him a (very) small Christmas tree that he can decorate at home with those blinking lights and all. He was very [...]

Tagged as: doll, heat packs, sewing, toys

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Birthday giveaway winners!

December 13, 2010review/giveaway

Thank you to the 105 wonderful people who have participated in my birthday giveaway! The giveaway has closed and now it’s time to announce the winners! I used the Random Integer Generator from Random.org to pick 4 lucky numbers, and here they are! Congratulations to carmencitaB, MeikeVanessa, Barbara, and Laurwyn! I will send email to each winner for shipping details. [...]