Kamakura

August 12, 2010life
day 03: let's play

We just got back from Kamakura, a beautiful city about 2 hours away from Tokyo. Sidra had really wanted to go to the beach, that was why we went there so we could go to Yuigahama beach nearby. I really love Kamakura, the city is small yet so beautiful. The streets are clean with lots [...]

Tagged as: holiday

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Blue waves shirts

August 7, 2010kidswear
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I bought this cotton fabric in IKEA, it comes ready cut, 150 cm by 3 m. The pattern is called IKEA PS batik, and it is designed by Kazuyo Nomura, a textile designer. So I actually bought a piece of Japanese designer fabric in a Swedish home products retailer in its Tokyo chainstore. The fabric [...]

Tagged as: burdastyle, Japanese pattern, sewing, shirt

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Blue bloomers

August 6, 2010womenswear
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I have just finished making shirts for my husband and son, but haven’t taken pictures of them being worn yet as I have to wait until this weekend. Anyway, just after I cut all the pieces for both shirts, I found that there are still little fabrics left, just enough for a pair of shorts [...]

Tagged as: bloomers, burdastyle, shorts

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Chou-chou

July 30, 2010making other stuff
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Not a very spectacular project, but this thing proves to be very useful in summer. I think it is also called scrunchie, but it is called chou-chou here and I like the name better. I found several tutorials for making chou-chou, but they always involve hand-stitching, which I’m too lazy to do for such a [...]

Tagged as: chou-chou, sewing

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the world from a kid’s point of view

July 29, 2010life
shinjuku (taken by Sidra)

We went out for dinner in Shinjuku with friends a couple of nights ago. Sidra took these pictures.

Tagged as: friends

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Burdastyle Book Project: finished (ugh, finally)

July 26, 2010life
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After days of postponing and slacking around, I’ve finally finished my blouse for Burdastyle Book! Actually I planned to work on it just after the Yokohama Artist Market, which was, errr, 3 weeks ago, but lots of things happened between then and now. Suddenly I found the need to make a couch cover, which by [...]

Tagged as: burdastyle, Burdastyle Sewing Handbook

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Soil change for our larva!

July 24, 2010life
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Warning: wriggly thing pictures ahead! This morning, the three of us woke up in excitement  because today was the soil change day for our larva! It can only be done every 3-4 months, so this occasion is something that we are always waiting for. It has been almost a year since we bought the larva, [...]

Tagged as: beetle

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Red stripes bags

July 22, 2010bags and purses
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Summer holiday has officially started since yesterday! It’s also getting hotter and hotter now. Strangely, I never sweat that much. Most of the time there’s only a layer of ‘glow’ over my face while my husband and other people are literally drenched in sweat. Not that it’s a good news. While my powder stay in [...]

Tagged as: messenger bag, sewing, tote bag

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One shoulder dress

July 16, 2010life
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So I’ve said that I won’t make any floral for sometime, but it turned out that I still have 1.35 m of this floral fabric in my stash, so I made a one shoulder dress for myself. Initially it was cut for a ruffled collar dress, but then I got kinda bored of making it [...]

Tagged as: dress, sewing

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Linen shorts

July 15, 2010womenswear
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I made this linen shorts several days ago because I need something to wear at home. The linen fabric is only 50 cm, bought already cut and it’s only about $2. The pattern is Jane from Burdastyle, which is very simple and easy. The fabric wasn’t enough, so I only added 1 cm for the [...]

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Tagged as: burdastyle, sewing, shorts

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