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July 19, 2011life

Redojiimu, our hercules beetle, died last week. Sidra was playing with his friends when he noticed that Redojiimu hadn’t moved for sometime. Although he knew that Redojiimu wouldn’t live long once he turned into a beetle, Sidra was hoping that Redojiimu would stay with us at least until autumn, so he was sad. We were very [...]

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Bombshell dress – cup alteration

July 15, 2011womenswear

This is the backside of my muslin. I have scoliosis and my curved spine can be seen clearly here. This might be the first time I ever photographed my backside deliberately. The last time I saw pictures of my backside is when I was 15 years old. They were laid on the table in front [...]

Tagged as: bombshell dress, burdastyle, dress, in progress, scoliosis, sewing

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Starting the bombshell dress

July 14, 2011womenswear

Apparently the repair was faster than expected, the repair shop sent my sewing machine back yesterday! The big box arrived in the morning and I danced happily all day. No more machineless week! I used it right away to finish my husband’s jeans. They only need to be hemmed now and I’m waiting for my husband [...]

Tagged as: bombshell dress, burdastyle, dress, in progress, sewing

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Machineless week and Bombshell dress online course

July 11, 2011life

We took my sewing machine to the repair shop last Saturday. It was such a hot day (35°C !) and my husband carried the heavy machine through several train trips before we reached the Janome dealer in Asagaya. The man opened the sewing plate, took a look inside and shook his head heavily, which of course [...]

Tagged as: bombshell dress, sewing machine

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My sewing machine is broken (T_T)

July 7, 2011life

That’s my beautiful Janome sitting sadly in my sewing room. Because it is broken! (T_T) I was sewing a pair of jeans for my husband when the needle stopped because of some threads bunching under the plate. I tugged on the fabric to pull it out, then opened the bobbin case to clean it. I’ve [...]

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Shot cotton shirt

July 4, 2011menswear

A shirt for my husband, made with Kaffe Fasset shot cotton in the color Persimmon. You might remember that I won the Best Top Judges’ Choice for the Spring Top sewalong last May. One of the many prizes is this 2 yards of Kaffe fasset shot cotton in from Pink Castle Fabrics. Shot cotton has 2 different colors of [...]

Tagged as: Colette, Negroni, sewing, shirt

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Pretty lingerie set

June 29, 2011womenswear

Another lingerie set! Nothing really new with them, I use my usual Pin-up girls pattern for the bra in size 30B and Merckwaerdich pattern for the panties. All notions are from Merckwaerdigh at ebay, which is enough to make one bra and two panties. The lingerie set is made with lycra and stretch lace [...]

Tagged as: lingerie, Merckwaerdigh, Pin-up Girls, sewing

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Fuchsia top

June 22, 2011womenswear

Summer is really here! It’s getting hotter everyday so I made another sleeveless top for summer. There is nothing too special about it, the pattern is top R from Stylish Dress Book 3 that I also used for my previous top. The fabric is swiss dot cotton in fuchsia that I really love. It was actually a [...]

Tagged as: Japanese pattern, sewing, Stylish Dress Book, top

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Summer shorts and top

June 16, 2011womenswear

I was thinking of making a pair of shorts for summer and decided to make my own pattern as an exercise in pattern drafting. The shorts have shaped waistband, pleated fronts, front slant pocket, and darts on the back side. I also made cuffed legs and used button fly instead of zipper. The fabric is [...]

Tagged as: Japanese pattern, pants, self-drafted, sewing, Stylish Dress Book, top

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Camouflage print T-shirt

June 12, 2011kidswear

Another T-shirt for Sidra, made with cotton knit in muted camouflage pattern. I don’t really like camouflage print, but Sidra asked me to make something for him in this print. I found this fabric in Yuzawaya, Shunjuku. The camouflage print is a bit desaturated, which makes it not as harsh as the original camouflage and actually I kinda [...]