a basic set

It's getting much colder here in Japan. This year, tree leaves seem turning red and yellow particularly beautifully, probably because of the huge and sudden temperature shift during recent seasonal transition. We went out to a park in the nearby mountain for hunting red leaves yesterday. Trees were so beautiful and we thoroughly enjoyed a walk in the woods in the early morning. (Even our teenage daughter admitted it was great, from this you must be able to guess how much it was beautiful. Modern age teenagers are the last creatures that would enjoy walking in the woods without selfish reasons.)

As I have finished two warm garments recently, I took the chance to wear them yesterday for these pictures.

I sewed a pair of pants and simple V-neck pullover. They're pretty much basic and I think I have nothing particular to say about them except the fabric I used for the pants. It was a stretch cotton velveteen (something like stretch cotton corduroy without cords) that I used for garments for the first time. Ah, velveteens are warm, I didn't know that! I love this fabric for wintry pants and have placed another order for some other colors of the same fabric, already.

The only setback of this particular fabric is that it causes puckering and wrinkles where uneven stretch tensions are put, because the fabric is rather clinging but isn't enough stiff to hold its shape by itself. There are many horizontal pulling lines particularly in the back of this pants. I have noticed them quite much, but when I asked my husband and daughter about the lines, they insisted that they weren't looking bad at all in real life and that they showed up prominently only when I stand straight like a statue (oh yeah thank you).

the cotton velveteen and wrinkles

I'd guess that less lines would be seen in the pants if they had more ease in the legs or if they had more 4-way negative ease all over the pants, though, I decided to have them as they were, because I preferred not-very-skinny-but-comfortably-snug pants of this kind. Sewing own basic garments is fun. I can do whatever I prefer and get some useful garments that fulfill my needs much better than retail ones. Before sewing, I didn't know my clothes could have been more comfortable, could have fit me better, and could have made me look slightly happier if those sleeves were an inch (or two inches) longer. I thought that long sleeves primitively meant something slightly short and that was the reason why winter was cold. I'm not joking. A human could be this silly.

I really love my self sewn basics. That may sound boring for some of you, but that's rebellious and strong statement for me (probably).

Anyways. Please enjoy your season wherever you live!

For the pants I used my five-year-old skinny pant pattern. For the pullover, I used the pattern Edelweiss, which is definitely one of my staple patterns from Tamanegi-kobo. This pullover fits me like a glove (I find this expression funny), generously covering my arm without unwanted sag at shoulder seam. BTW, Tamanegi-kobo is going to have a winter sale and it will start on 27th Nov 2014. I'm a fan of this shop but unfortunately I don't think I can make any purchase this time because I already have all what I have to have from them, so I write the news here as a compensation of my sorrow.

Lastly, I have started IG finally. Some time ago Sveta suggested me to use IG in her comment on a past post in which I mentioned about my photo diary. I couldn't say "Yes" to her suggestion because I wasn't quite ready for square iphone pictures at that time. However, I have persuaded myself and am now wishing to connect with other sewists through the platform too. Thank you for suggesting IG and sorry for being this late to start, Sveta.
Please give me a shout at IG if you have an account that I can follow. My IG account is yoshimitheflyingsquirrel. Many of my pictures are sewing-related but I have a few pictures that are other than sewing too. I have some pictures of red leaves, of course. Sorry for that...

Love,
yoshimi

big baby blue culottes

Hi!
The other day, I sewed a pair of culottes from a new pattern and I really liked the result. I wore it on the next day and asked my husband to take some pictures of happy me in them, and what I found was that all pictures were out of focus. A very typical happy story...

The pattern is Shamrock from Tamanegi-kobo. These wide culottes have an elastic waistband and they were easy to sew. I think I'll make more pairs in the future!

The only alteration I had was for the back pockets. I added a pair of big patch pockets under the original mock flaps to make them less mock.

Have a great month, dear sewists!

love,
yoshimi

the cocktail was good anyway

candy colors

I recently sewed three copies of V-neck linen jersey tops using Fujiko top pattern from Tamanegi-kobo. I made one with a blue fabric first, and realized that it would be nice to have another one in a different pretty color as I found the candy colored top very useful.

By the way, the pattern Fujiko always makes great tops for me. The pattern construction in the shoulders of it is very clever, and I don't need shoulder adjustments that I normally need to apply to most top patterns. I have proportionally narrow shoulders with a proportionally bulky upper torso and arms, and if I choose my size for jersey tops looking at the bust measurements I mostly need to grade the shoulders narrower, to make myself look neater around my shoulders. Fujiko has similar sleeves to raglan ones construction-wise. However, it looks like having neat set-in sleeves in the front view because of the unique curves in the shoulder seams. This type of shoulder construction is very permissive and allows me to fit my shoulders perfectly in the garments without pattern alterations or a careful selection of suitable jersey fabric. You may like to have a look at the technical drawings of the pattern here, and my first blog post for the pattern with a few photos here, if you are interested.

(additional notes 31/March/2014 : Fujiko pattern calls for 4way stretch jersey as recommended fabric, but it is so probably because the pattern is originally for a bodysuit. Most jerseys are OK for making a top with the pattern, as long as I am concerned. )

So, I love Fujiko. I felt I needed one more in another color after the second one, again. Lastly I sewed the pink one. I'm sure I'd have loved making more if I had more of the same fabrics in different candy colors. But it had to be stopped because of the lack of my resource. Three is a good number for everything, anyway!

By the way, I applied those V-neck bindings by a simple method that you can watch here. I baste a small portion of "V" area using straight stitches in the shape first and then attach the whole strip with overlock stitches. (In the video, straight stitches are used for attaching the whole strip but I prefer using my 4-thread serger except the basting.) Never forget to put a small patch of interfacing as a reinforcement on the wrong side at "V", in case you'd like to have a first try.

I wish you a very happy week!

Love,
yoshimi

I also finished a pair of green pants and I'll make one more in light blue very soon :)

hints of spring

I'm so ready for sewing lighter garments for spring. Looking at outside snowing, I've sewn a pullover and a skirt, already.

A color-blocking pullover
One day, I was very optimistic and I couldn't avoid an experiment that I wouldn't normally try on my own garments. It was color-blocking, and hahaha, you can see what I have done. I think it ended up Okay and I quite enjoy wearing it when I especially like to dress casual. The gray jersey fabric is shiny and shaggy, and is a good contrast to the white jersey fabric that has a soft and spongy texture. It was hard to photograph the garment with showing its good characters rightly, though, you might be able to feel that I'm pleased with this tiny sewing adventure. The pattern was Edelweiss from Tamanegi-kobo. By the way, I tell you that Edelweiss is one of my best staple patterns. It is so versatile and pretty!

Having talked about Tamanegi-kobo, I let you know that they have moved to the new site for renewal opening very recently. The new shop now perfectly supports two languages, Japanese and English, and the patterns are instant download upon purchase. Yay! Even their patterns got huge improvements in many aspects too, for instance, the way of page placement and multi-size layering of the newly released PDF patterns seems even better. Moreover, and also what might be better for you, they have decided to provide some oldest patterns free of charge. The newly free patterns are limited to the ones that are nested PDF without individual layers for each size, nevertheless, I think it is a big surprise. If you are curious about using my favorite pattern shop's patterns, now is the time to try. By the way, the pattern Balloon which I wrote about in this blog post is now one of their free patterns too.

An Aboriginal print skirt
In November, Carolyn visited Japan on family holiday and I met up with her and her family in Tokyo and also in the countryside near Mt. Fuji and Hakone. I enjoyed acting like a tour guide and we had very lovely two days in a row. Carolyn, Cassie, and I managed to drop by Nippori town in the end of the first day too, and of course we got one or two pieces of fabrics for ourselves each. I bought a small piece of ultrasuede, I confess you before you ask me what I've got. ;)

I got another fabric while they were here too, and I made this skirt using it. As you may be guessing, Carolyn kindly brought me this beautiful Aboriginal print fabric as a gift. I am such a lucky woman. I always think that I am, but I really mean it when I think of my sewing friends. You all are gems in my life, and you make me feel that I'd love to be a nice person like you and others.

Thank you so much, Carolyn, the Fish Basket fabric turned out a pretty skirt and the color suits my wardrobe very much!

This is a simple skirt with asymmetric but conservative ruffles. The pattern is from Annee-patterns and its name is Daisy. I didn't put many alterations to the pattern but lengthened a bit to fit my height. I like this feminine skirt, and I'm sure it's going to appear on many warm days in the future.

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color-blocking pullover
pattern: Edelweiss from Tamanegi-kobo
Not much altered except color blocking. jerseys with medium body. White and gray.

skirt with ruffles
pattern: Daisy from Annee-patterns
Plain woven cotton with Aboriginal print "Fish Basket". fairly firm, drapes not bad, gray, white, black and yellow.
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Have a great day, everyone!

Love,
yoshimi

Emerald wintry shorts

I'm trying to catch up my wintry sewing :)

"Emerald" is the pattern name for Thai style wide pants from Tamanegi-kobo. I really love this pattern!! I have posted my two pairs here and here in this blog, but I have to say they're just two of many that I sewed in the past. Anyway, I have made an wintry version in a heavy wool fabric and they turned out nice, actually nicer than I had wished. I rarely wear shorts in winter, but I'd change my mind as they look pretty in wintry outfit. I also have to mention that they are warm, much warmer than those mini skirts in the same length, in my opinion. I think they're great!

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Pattern: Emerald Thai style wide pants from Tamanegi-kobo

- shortened the pants by simply cutting off the length and made them above knee.
- chose one larger size as the fabric was very stiff and thick(coat weight). The pants are not lined.
- used a stiff cotton twill for facing and a plain thin cotton for pocket housing, to avoid an extra bulk.

Fabric: wool/nylon (95/5), felted thick twill fabric, off white, plaids in navy blue and cranberry red. has a smooth surface and causes no problem on bare skin. slightly raised and warm.
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I tried to make a heart with my fingers but I know it doesn't look like that, haa...

They look like a skirt in the front view, and I like how they are.

Talk to you soon!
Much Love,
yoshimi

eyelet pants (and a chimera top)

I've been feeling very experimental for some time. I mean it, sewingwise. The other day I felt like checking how my experimental pair of summer pants would seem if I used a blouse-weight cotton for them, and also how this simple but unusual T shirt would look if I used a feminine lace only in its back. So I sewed them. I wasn't very much ambitious for great success, but I just wanted to try these with some fabric remnants.

And they turned out interesting and nice, unexpectedly. That was surprising even to me. I have taken some pictures of the pants, so I'm going to write some for them today and would leave the other result for the next blog post.

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I used this gray cotton fabric covered with tiny cut off raw eyelets. I hope you can get it from the close-up photo. This is a pretty fabric (by the way those raw edges of the eyelets don't fray almost at all), and I think it would make pretty blouses. I made a pair of semi-wide pants in this fabric with an even thinner gray lining fabric attached as a single layer instead. I could have assembled the outer shell(pants) and the lining in the traditional way, but I didn't, because I wished that by handling two thin fabrics as a single layer these light pants would hold their shape better than having two separate layers. And it worked as expected. Though they are surely not suitable for *proper* occasions, they're great for my business and daily casual activities in this heatwave of Japanese summer. They're long, light and breezy, and cool, in my eyes. I'm happy with them so much! I may like to have another pair in some large plaid, don't you think they would be cool too?

I used Joker semi-baggy pants pattern from Tamanegi-kobo, I'm so loving this pattern, because it elongates and straightens my legs very much. yay.

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summer pants
pattern: Joker semi-baggy pants(PDF) from Tamanegi-kobo
not much altered or adjusted
fabric: Cotton cut-off eyelets, light gray, thin, soft, matte, gauzy, with summer polyester lining
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don't try to ask me if the blouse is handmade, it's ten-year-old and store-bought...

I wish you're having a lovely day.
I'm going to post the chimera top soon!

Love, love,
yoshimi

Tiny Pocket Tank (sans pocket)

Hello!
I sewed a tank as a wearable muslin yesterday. This small garment has two layers of very thin silk/cotton lawn and the two layers have different shapes and sizes at bottom hems, so that the garment looks more fluttering. These two layers give a good amount of comfort into the garment for escaping from transparency too. The pattern I used is the Tiny Pocket Tank pattern from Grainline Studio, sans pocket. Knowing that my measurements indicated size 8 in the chart, I used size 4 and felt that I'd better use size 6 next time. I'm getting ready for the Summer!

My husband and I spent some time in Gotemba outlet shopping mall today. It was a nice and bright day, and that is the reason why I could hardly open my eyes in the pictures. (My eyes are least open whenever I smile. The combination of some bright light and a fun day made my eyes transformed into another set of eyebrows, inevitably.)

On the way back home, we stopped by Toraya Kobo which is an experimental small cafe that is operated by a famous Japanese confectionery. Toraya has a small factory for some of their confections in some very quiet place near the shopping mall, and they provide an open and pleasant cafe space where customer can drop in for some green tea with their wagashi confections too. I enjoyed their endlessly refill-able green tea and a seasonal namagashi which tasted both really excellent. With some reason, they don't advertise this cafe really much. Therefore there are always only few people in the space and it is so quiet and almost, well... deserted. That is one of my favorite places to have a Zen moment. (I really hope they won't consider to stop providing the service because of the small number of customers...)

By the way, it's been a month since Carolyn and I started our new photo blog, photo maisonette. I'm enjoying it very much and also finding how I generally see the things that surround me. My photographs are very myopic and it is true that I am quite mentally myopic. It is funny that my photographs don't tell the stories behind the scenes but they do tell what kind of person I am, gradually and progressively.

Happy sewing!

xoxo
yoshimi


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tank top: Tiny Pocket Tank from Grainline Studio
double layered. outer shell has wider hem, longer length.
silk/cotton(60/40) lawn. contrasting bias binding with cotton voile.

stripe cardigan: Fujiko pullover pattern from Tamanegi-kobo
cotton/Nylon gauze jersey. blog post here.

linen pants: Joker pants pattern from Tamanegi-kobo
linen, crepe weave(-ish, not sure)
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Summer hat

I finished my new crochet hat lately. It's a two-tone hat with white and light beige stripes. The stripes are rather thick and er... they somehow remind me of some kind of, well... prison uniforms. Said that, I like these stripes very much and the hat itself as well.

I crocheted it without a decent pattern but basically followed what I did for my previous hat I made in the last summer. I made the brim wider, and also added two crochet flowers on the side this time. Although the brim turned out to be floppy slightly more than I originally wished, I think it's within the OK side. The material is paper tape-like hemp yarn and the hat came out very light and comfortably cool in the sun. Hooray the hemp!

By the way, when I crochet, I'm so free style creator. I don't mind to rip (I mean disassemble, not truly ripping) my crochet at all when it doesn't go as I wish, and it does happen very often. By repeating ripping, I'd eventually meet the results that I can be happy with. This is my crochet tactic and there is usually no respectable recipe in it. Some people have asked me if I could tell them the written patterns I used, especially on hats, but I have never been able to reply with a kind answer since I started being free style. I feel terrible when I reply that I have nothing useful to provide, because I know this would seem that I'm mean and stingy. I wish people could know that I was not stingy but I was stupid. If possible...

Sewing-wise, I'm wearing my new Scout Woven Tee from Grainline Studio and Jade skirt from Tamanegi-kobo in the pictures. The yellow top is made of linen, which is very comfortable and airy. I put a set of funny big and wide pockets whose bottom lines are poking off the hemline, as you can see from the pictures. I put side split slits on both side at hem, and also made the front body shorter and the back longer, which you might not see well from the pictures. The skirt is made of jean denim but has nothing particularly special in itself. However, I am so in love with this skirt at this moment. I am a denim person, I think. How about you?

Have a happy week!


Love,
yoshimi

Thank you, Chigu, for taking those beautiful pictures and our happy lunchtime!

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Summer hat: crochet, improvised pattern.
yarn: manila hemp yarn, a stiff and paper-like tape which is made of hemp fiber, 400m(8skeins)
if you are one of Ravelrers, my project for this hat is here.

Light yellow top: Scout Woven Tee pattern from Grainline Studio
added pockets, shortened front by 4cm, lengthened back by 4cm
I applied facings for neckline, but didn't use bias binding.
Plain woven light linen, chambray.

Jean denim skirt: Jade skirt pattern from Tamanegi-kobo
lengthened by 5cm
Indigo heavy denim, cotton.
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blouson jacket

I sewed a blouson jacket using a synthetic hairy fabric and Kyanite pattern from Tamanegi-kobo.

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It was at the end of my fourth lesson of high-heel walking (yes, there is such a class) that this young and beautiful teacher handed me a pile of paper. Then she said "I collected those pictures from fashion magazines and made a scrap notebook for you. I believe these styles would suit you very much."

It happened to me because she had been asked to make some fashion suggestions to other student in the class before and she made these scrap notebooks as inspirational materials not only for the student, but also two other students. (There are only three students and we became good friends to each other). To confess, it was a slightly odd experience for me because I felt as if I was told to give up my current style for the better one. Even so, I honestly appreciated her kindness very much. I knew she did it for helping us. She wasn't too pushy in any ways, and I knew I was not going to take it too seriously either.

That night, knowing those clothes were different from my taste, I hit on an idea. I mean, in the bed I thought; 
"yes, it is too difficult to imagine myself in those clothes in the fashion inspiration notebook she made, because they're so different from the ones I'd choose in the first place... yeah... people see things so differently, right... interesting... mmm. ... wait, is it possible for me to take it as a challenge? Isn't it fun to choose items from the notebook and make them suit me, at least, better? Wouldn't be interesting to translate? Okay. Then I'd choose the biker jacket and see what happens... zzzz"

So I chose the biker jacket pattern Kyanite. I traveled to my favorite fabric shop and got this fake fur jersey in teddy bear-brown, because I thought the furry texture and its frivolousness disguise the stylishness of the jacket and that would suit me better. Matching rib jersey was also ordered quickly. Sewing was done at the speed of light. I wanted to attend the next class in this blouson jacket to show them the consequences I got!

Though I sadly missed our fifth lesson because my careless husband broke his left arm just before the class and I had to deal with the things that his family had to do, I still have another lesson(the last one) in a week. I can tell her what she did is very inspirational to me there. I got a new lovely jacket which I normally wouldn't choose, and I got a new haircut chosen from her inspirational notebook too.

I guess my hair will grow quickly and I will have to have my usual bob hairstyle quite soon anyway. (My hair automatically grows to achieve the bob hairstyle and stay forever like that like Lego dolls.)  Meanwhile, I enjoy my new jacket and the short hair as an unexpected bonus of my life.

Hope you are having exciting days too!


Love,
yoshimi

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pattern: Kyanite pattern (PDF) from Tamanegi-kobo
fabric: fake fur, polyester jersey, middle weight, very smooth, light brown, warm
140cm wide x 1.5m long
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faking, refashioning, summer break costume, and blah blah blah.

Hello!
I have probably mentioned here that I rarely buy retailed clothes for me. I only supply socks, tights, and some kinds of underwear from the stores but that is all. If I feel like new clothes, I plan to make them. If I don't long for anything new for my closet, I'd stay sitting like the humongous rock of a deserted mountain. My sewing is based on my real life. But at the same time, expectedly, when I seek something for fun, I play using my skill(=sewing) too!

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top:
 refashioned, pattern from pumila paper patterns, "lady's basic T-shirt"
pants:
 cotton stretch twill, pattern from Tamanegi-kobo, "Evan"
 heavily modified, shortened much.
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 I like Jodhpur-style pants very much and I sewed a new pair recently. In case you wonder, I tell you that I don't do horse riding, nor any healthy sporty kind of activities on the earth at all, because I'm an indoor nerd. But I love Jodhpurs and think they're really cool, fashionwise. I remember that Balenciaga's coolest Jodhpurs in fall 2007 stole my heart and ever since I couldn't stop wanting my own wearable pairs of that kind. Since then, I periodically sew another new pair. You can see two of them here(this pair is almost identical to the new one to your eyes, I know!) and here too. All my versions are genuine fake and somehow look funny because they're plain 3-tuck pants with narrowed lower half without clever calculation, though, I love them so much. I guess I'm rather enjoying them including their imperfections. I mean, those imperfect pairs suit me in a good way. I like to be influenced by the trend in fashion, but I also like to pretend that I'm not a typical fashion victim (which is a lie) too. I think that sewing helps me to introduce fashionable elements into my outfit in a good and subtle way, a lot, because my technical issues naturally lead to the point of happy medium. I really hope you know what I mean!

By the way, in the picture above, I'm wearing a T-shirt that I refashioned using my DD's old Zara top. She wore it often in the last autumn, but she said it was no longer loved at all at the end of the season. Although the top looked pretty tired, I refashioned it into T-shirt in my size, as the sequin decorated gigantic butterfly seemed intact and pretty. I ripped all seams except the neckline carefully and assembled it to a basic cute T-shirt. I prefer the result very much! yeah... home sewing is powerful, isn't it.

before refashioning

Now let's return to the main subject(if there is any), my husband and I had a short summer break and visited Karuizawa which is one of the most famous posh resorts in Japan while our DD was away for attending a summer school in Boston. We visited there to see a good friend of mine and her husband. We stayed with them and had a happy time! Of course, before going there, I wanted to prepare some new outfit for making the trip even more exciting. I dyed a white linen gauze in very pale blue and sewed it to make a peplum blouse for the special occasion. I paired the blouse with my thai style white pants, and tried to dress like a tourist-ish tourist as much as possible with all my might to entertain my companions. My husband was amused pretty much by my outfit and made fun of me saying that I looked like a Jedi knight, and it was more than OK by me. Who can be safer than being accompanied with a Jedi knight? He needed me to travel with! I know he likes me in that way too.

Sewing is a wonderful ingredient of my life!

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top:
 line gauze, pattern from Tamanegi-kobo, "Zirconia"
 omitted front opening, applied side fastener, etc.
pants:
 polyester/cotton stretch, pattern from Tamanegi-kobo, "Emerald"
 shortened much.
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I hope you're having fun too!

May the force be with you,
yohimi

a workshop

Hello!
It's getting hot here! I've been (obviously) slowed down since spring has gone, but I managed to finish some perfectly miscellaneous projects for my husband, daughter, sister, me myself, and others (sounds a lot!), without blogging lately.
In the past few weeks, some of you kindly asked me if I was doing OK since it was so quiet here. Thank you for your interests and I'd love to let you know that I'm doing quite well and living just slowly (^_^). I hope you are doing very well too!!

Confessed that I'm living lazily these days, I went out for attending a workshop for sewing wallets on the day before yesterday. I am an indoor kind of person and my favorite way of killing time is to sew alone giggling stupidly by myself, but in fact I really love to socialize with like-minded people as well (who don't?!)

I got a new partner, whose name was Husqvarna

When I heard about the cool workshop, I instantly thought it would be nice if I could be around as a help in the room. As the organizer Miho who is from Tamanegi-kobo is the one of my closest friends and also as the seats in the workshop seemed highly popular, I imagined that I could be just there and get some coffee for them when they needed. However I luckily ended up sitting in front of a sewing machine and listening to the instructor as one of participants after a cancellation. There were 8 more fantastic like-minded people and we spent a very happy day with cutting, sewing, pressing, listening, basting, ripping, yelling, smiling, chatting and asking questions all the time. We all could finish own projects before too late and got home with smiling faces (I know how we got home because we now have twitter, don't we?).

they are not ours. they are all Naomi's samples for examples!

Miho the Tamanegi in white&black, Naomi the brilliant teacher in her bright yellow cardigan

Brilliant, and a devoted patchwork artist/instructor, Naomi was so good at teaching, indeed, and we learned a lot from her at the workshop. The workshop was primarily planned for an opportunity to get together, for the people who usually sew clothes (Miho is the owner of Tamanegi-kobo that is a pattern shop for clothing). Thanks to Miho's wonderful plan, we got together and learned how to sew a wallet, and that was very nice! For the bonus, we also learned so much useful tips that could improve own garment sewing, from wallet sewing in the workshop. Tips learned face to face are inevitably clear and very efficient. I certainly love them and I'd love to take my future chances too!

everything was ready, so cleverly.

In the workshop, the materials were already set for each attendant as a kit and things were going so smoothly. Because I sat on the chair after a cancellation, I had no choice about the fabrics and notions for my wallet but I admit my one is much more than cute and very me. During the course, I sometime yelled(oops) at the sewing machine because it was so different from my Bernina and also very difficult to "drive". Every time I saw my fingers moving in the air to look for the non-existing lever of the presser foot, I laughed at myself and thought that my action in sewing had become so automatic. To find it was fun. Though I yelled at it to make it even funnier. I did do my best in every step and tried to be very serious as always I do in every workshop, but I had some stitches like footsteps of a drunk person. Never mind. It's all due to another closest friend Chigu, who is also the cutest. She was sitting in front of me. She constantly tried to cheer me up to the sky until I burst out laughing. Yes, she is probably the kindest friend too.

All the time, I deadly love her by my side. but... maybe not in front of me.

me in progress

and my new wallet with 2 large pockets plus 8 small ones. of course it's unikko.

I hope I'll have more posts in a short time.
Happy sewing to you all!


Much love,
yoshimi




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Of course I went out  for coffee for people who wanted!