I just finished 4 more pieces for a French fashion brand. They ordered me to do the patterns and the sample pieces for their collection.
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Tulle Delights
Do you like tulle? No, not the city Tulle in France, the net fabric called tulle… I like it… the stiff nylon tulle is often used for short tutus, it reminds me of circus, theater, cabaret and ballett. But tull can also be elegant, floating , falling heavy. A new combination with tulle was made…
What creativity can do….
Creativity is what I see everyday, when people attend the classes in my atelier. But the working process on this blouse was pretty amazing! We first started with adjusting a M sized simple blouse pattern to Lorna’s meassurements. The long sleeves of the blouse had to be cut as short as possible, let’s say on…
Learn Photography
Postphoned ! Starting date is September 30th, 11:00 – 12:30 Hello Everyone, this is a “not-related-to-sewing” workshop, but it will happen all September Saturdays, starting from the 9th in the Sewing Circle Atelier in Oyamadai 3-22-13! My friend Keith Tsuji will teach 4 sessions of Basic Photography and explain EVERYTHING from white balance, the shutter…
The Kawasaki Power Plant
If you have passed Kawasaki on a boat, you might have seen this. It is the Kawasaki Power Plant. Gary took this fabric out of a FOR SALE textile bin and made this amazing jacket for his wife! What a great job! Gary made also the apron that I blogged @ tiptoe~tiptoe~ Excited to see…
Pantsmania : the Result
March 4th of this year (2012) I blogged Pantsmania. My friend Kaori made one pair and my student Gary as well. We started from scratch, from the pure pattern, planning the zipper location and the pockets, did the tailoring, the fitting and cut off the threads short. Kaori finished the pants within a week and…
DSTY: Textile Workshop for Kids @ the German School in Yokohama
The DSTY, the German School in Yokohama booked me again to teach a textile workshop for kids during their 2 weeks summer school. The theme or this year is “PAST & FUTURE” We chose costumes in old shapes and re-created them with new colourful ideas and recycle items
Recycle your Husbands: Part II
Did you see Recycle your Husband’s earlier in the blog entries? It was a cute project of “I recycle my husband’s shirt and make a blouse for my daughter”! Here are the result pics that it REALLY works well *** There is more to say about this shirt and its owner! The little one has the…
Our Fashion Statement
Yesterday we had a great day at MOT, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo at Kiyosumi Shirakawa. The current exhibition Future Beauty: 30 Year of Japanese Fashion made my heart JUMP! Those garments of Yohji Yamamoto, Rei Kawakubo and Issey Miyake made me come to Japan as a student in 2001 and come-back as…
Blouse Top
I had some “fabric left overs” from my previous summer blouse and made this top with fringes around the collar from it. Never waist a piece of textile 🙂 V-neck at the front A tuck at the back for more volume and an elastic fringe just above the hemline And all around the collar: fringes
Melanie Uematsu 