Melanie Uematsu

The Marimekko Calligraphy Bag

For Japanese Calligraphies you need huge bags. And they should be out of water-resistant materials. I didn’t ask why… but I got the order from a client to make it like this. It was a “dream” of her to have a bag made of the famous marimekko red flower design in coated cotton textile.

Sewing Class for Girls: Part 2

And this is a wonderful bag, made of flower cotton, with lining, straps and the very elegantly catching flower appliques.

All lined and warm!

We had a wonderful Winter here in Tokyo again. 40cm of snow, ths most in 20(?) years? I enjoyed cozy sewing classes, sliding down white hills with my kid and watching the flakes falling. Julie, who has been sewing for more than 18 months now, decided to grab her knitting kit and made extra thick…

New Sewing Classes for Girls: part 1

In January we have started with a sewing class for young girls, age 8/9 and 10. They have all finished their first projects and – as you clearly can see on the pictures – we are very happy with it! Jolly Worker Apron No. 1 Jolly Woorker Apron No.2 And we also made (of…

The Perfect Board Shorts

One of my clients wanted to create his perfect board shorts and ordered three different styles from me. We developed his perfect pattern and I sewed the three styles as samples. His plan is to commercialize the shorts and sell them as his personal swim wear line. The first style are shorts with pockets inserted…

Kids Halloween in Tokyo

This sweet little fellow is the son of my very productive and creative sewing student. She came up with the idea to dress him up as a pinguin for the Kids Halloween in Tokyo The mum also made a cute shirt for the time after Halloween!

Birds and Dancers at DAAD Tokyo

These are costumes that I created for a dance performance called “Birds at DAAD Tokyo”. The data flow was a little slow, so this is the only picture that I can post. More details at Tokyo.DAAD.de

DSTY Summerschool 2013

Once upon a time…. This years theme for the Summerschool at the German School in Yokohama was : 10 days of fairies, superheroes, princesses and castles! At the Creative Textile Workshop all girls created their their own costumes just based on their own ideas.

Gute Nacht und Guten Abend

In the hot Tokyo Summer it’s useful to have an airy nightdress with which you can walk out in the garden and collect dangomushi (in English: pill-bugs, roly-poly, doodle bugs or Lat: Armadillidium vulgare) as soon as the sun arises… I think I did a quite good job on this little dress. It is made of…

Do you need a New Swim Suit?

My friend recently called me and said: ” Oh dear, I’m looking everywhere, I check all sites, but I can’t find the swim suit that I want!” “What do you want?” (I asked) And she: ” I want exactly the same one that I bought a few years ago. It’s the pefect size and the…