A light Summer Quilt

If you have trillions of old clothes that you don’ want to throw away, you could try to recycle them to a quilt. It’s not so easy and needs lots of talent and patience, but both of them had my sewing student Julie. She cut off trousers, pyjamas, shirts and other left overs and arranged…

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Live in the Sunshine, Swim the Sea, Drink the Wild Air

… there is a couple of girls, who live exactly this ↑ . They just had their first exhibition of handmade items at Yokohama Marche … by far the most colorful booth in the whole fair. This is one of their new beachbags… for more, visit their website! caminoiris.wordpress.com

The Elegance of Japanese Textiles

Japanese textiles are elegant and it is also really interesting to look at their motifs. Famous motifs  i.e. from the Edo Period  have been combs and decorative pins that women wear in their hair, the plover,  aubergines, parsimons and chriysanthemums, goldfish, dragonflies and rabbits. This jacket is made of a textile that looks upfront as paper…

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Welcome to Bulldog Tex Mex BBQ

There is a new place in Tokyo where meat-lovers, tex-mex fanatix and BBQ devotees find their Eldorado. It is the “Bulldog Tex Mex BBQ” in Akazaka Mitsuke. Precious Fujimama’s owner Lauren Shannon and her husband opened this restaurant just at the end of June. You can enjoy their home smoked meats for lunchtime and dinner…

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White and Blue

Please view the precious post “Unbelieveable”. This was two weeks ago. Now a new shoulder free blouse and a really nice white skirt is finished! For the blouse we used a vintage Simplicity pattern and changed it in the way we wanted. Very beautiful, my compliments.

Ironing is the Key for Making a Men’s Shirt

My sewing student, who has made this wonderful dotted skirt, challenged to sew a men’s short sleeve shirt! Our model was a shirt  from Indonesia that her husband loves. We used a ready-made pattern, but matched with the shirt in widths and lengths. It was really helpful to have something that fits already well. And…

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The Vintage-Obi-Wine-Bottle(s)-Bag

Do you bring only one bottle of wine when you are invited to a dinner or party? No? Then this might be exactly your thing. Chris’ genius idea to make a wine bottle bag (for two bottles) out of a vintage obi.   Basically we just sewd the obi to a bag that two winebottles fit inside….

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A Golden Vest

Do you remember this: Belle’s Golden Dress And now I have finished the order for the vest of her husband. A golden vest, made of shiny velvet and satin. There is a hidden buttonline and two piped pockets as special gimmicks.

Little Baby Dress

This lovely piece is for a tiny person… just to fit in for the first 6 months, gorgeous!!

Another Bag with a Zipper

There are many ways to go to Rome and many ways to sew a bag with a zipper. This little bag has been made with a “tissue box” opening for the zipper. Not difficult, if you know how to do it! Come for a sewing lesson and I’ll show you 😉