Happy Valentine, everyone! Hug your partners, your family and your kids…. this is the day for it. And in case you’re in the mood to make some cool border shirts like ours, have a look at my little step by step photo guide. The patterns are available here Step 1) When folding the fabric, make…
Category: Kid’s
We are in Vogue UK!!
We are in Vogue UK!!My client Bunny&Hare from LA has just been selected to show her collection in Vogue UK!! I did the pattern creation and the tailoring for all pieces. It’s huge success for Bunny&Hare to be exposed in Vogue and it’s a huge success for me as a pattern maker and tailor to…
Little Witch and her Assistant!
Once year is Halloween, a little to less for a mum, who likes to make costumes… This year my daughter turned into a little witch and her brother was her assistant. Not bad to be a magician with 1,5 years 🙂
Long Time No See – Worth Reading!!!
Dear All…. you might have wondered, why there was no update on this blog for such a long time…. Well… things have happened!! There were more new sewing students than ever and from the start of this year I have been happily working on some great projects of Wedding Dresses. In example for a german,…
Three Girls and Three Dresses
We spent our weekend in Gifu and I made these set of three dresses for the set of three girls** They are made of Nani Iro gauze and the cut is so airy that they are perfect for hot Summer evenings.
The New T-shirt Collection!!
My daughter is so lucky to have a sewing granny! I made the first sample, handed all fabrics over to my mother in law and -voila! It’s done. Like magic hands ***
Little Dress for Summer
I started to smock again… somehow this is my preferred technique for the Summers. This is a little dress that I made for my daughter. Please view also Time to Smock and Shirring Boom
For Great Adventures
Little girls need the perfect clothing for great adventures. Luckily we have a sewing granny! She made the two blue seaters and the red-blue striped one. I made the first sample from the blue-white fabric. We used a heavy weight knit and for the collars and hems a jersey or silk-wool. Those pull-overs are really practical…
Good Morning!
Waaa~ perfect! Waking up genki and having a wonderful day ahead. Nice pyjamas helping for a good night. I chose fine cotton for the pyjamas and cotton gauze for the night dress. Please also view the previous blog Sleep Well! for Japanese style kids pyjamas
Puppets
Last year already, I made these puppets for the company World Family K.K. They have Schools and they produce shows, videos, an internet TV program and more to teach English to Kids in Japan and other Asian countries. I was really blessed and happy to create 11 puppets that they wanted to use for their…
Melanie Uematsu 