Melanie Uematsu

Short Pants with Diagonal Buttonline

I tried a new pattern for a short pants. The cut is very simple with A-line legs that makes them look like a short skirt. But the special point is the diagonal button line. From the center seam to the waistline I cut the fly diagonal and closed it with 5 buttons. To open the…

Remakes

I just finished three remake blouses. Two are made of vintage Kimono fabric and one is made of an old shirt of my daughters great-grandfather!!! This beautiful fabric was once a Kimono underwear. It is worn as the third of all seven layers of the Kimono. I was told that it’s not really allowed to…

Earthquake Charity Handmade Bazar

The store Grass Heart, located in Oimachi, will hold a Charity Handmade Shop Event for the victims of the March 11th Earthquake. The Sewing Circle is participating with our Charity Bibs. If you are around, please take a look at Tokyo, Shinagawa -ku, Oi 5-14-16 For more information, check the Grass Heart Homepage THANK YOU!

Skirt Session

We had a skirt session in Chiyoda ku today! Within 4 hours we managed to cut and sew an ordermade Summer skirt. Starting from arranging the pattern on the fabric cutting…. fasten the tacks with pins having a first look on the skirt form sewing… and fitting the finished garment!

Umbrella Bib

A perfect material for a bib is waterproof, easy to wash without loosing the colour and drying quickly. No other material covers all these needs better than umbrella fabric! I used 3 parts of an old kids umbrella and adjusted them to my bib pattern. For the sleeve I choose a light cotton. The green…

Beautiful Buntings

Summertime, flowers, butterflies and garden parties! Decorate your gardens or rooms with the beautiful buntings. They are made of 13 flags, each of different fabrics on the front and back. The flags are about 25cm high and the bunting is about 3 meters long. 5 different buntings will be exhibitied at Mr Magpie’s tea towel…

Sightseeing Skirt

My friend Ann-Kathrin left Japan with her family after the earthquake but before that she asked me for an ordermade denim skirt. As she and her family suffer to have left Japan so sudden, I coloured up the denim wiht a lot of sightseeing embroidery. The geisha, fan, Mount Fuji and the names of her…

4th Sewing Circle Meeting at Todoroki Chikukaikan

The members of the Sewing Circle at Todoroki Chikukaikan are getting more and more creative! One mother created an icepack scarf for her son! (Our model is a girl 🙂 The icepack scarf is made of a front and a back cottonlayer. The pockets have the size that dry ice packages can be inserted. To…

Summer Items

Recently I had the time to sew two pieces for myself! One is a wonderful light rayon short pants in red and a cotton blouse in a kimono shape Rayon pants made of red rayon with white dots. There isn’t a middles seam, the cut is inspired by a Turkish Salwar I’m not really…

Thanks for your help!

My friend, who has family in Onagawa -the place where the Tsunami hit on March 11th- went back to her hometown last week from the 15th till 18th. She was of course busy with visiting her family, but she sent this picture with the message below: Everybody is happy about the beanies! Thanks a lot!…