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…
Category: Melanie’s Projects
This is the selection of my personal projects.
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…
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…
Beaniemania
Today was the third class of the Todoroki Sewing Circle. We decided to make some beanies that can be sent to Onagawa, Miyagiken, as presents. The beanies are made of 8 pieces for a round and volumous style. At the back are 10 cm of elastic tapes sewn in. A button covers the center .
One more bag
I just developed a shopping bag from the sponsored KENZO fabric. Inside is an older jaquard fabric from Tsumori Chisato 😉 What a nice combination! We will also make a series of these bags and send them to Onagawa in Miyagi Prefecture. Size 25 x 25 x 25cm is a convenient shopping size, the hangers…
Globe-Beanie
I just finished a new hat for my daughter. I used a world map fabric and to make her understand where she’s from I put a red little pearl next to Tokyo and… one little pearl next to Hamburg 😉 Other caps for kids and babies will be available at the SHOP, please have a…
Charity Items
Me and my family went to Kyoto on March 15th, 4 days after the Earthquake. The pressure to leave the country was getting harder when the first explosion at the Fukushima Nuclear Plant happened. As a half Japanese and half German family we decided to make a compromise and went to Kyoto for two weeks….
Bibs for Charity
Hope you are all fine after this scary earthquake! The North East of Tokyo is widely destroyed and schools and kindergardens are overflooded. Think help is needed everywhere and so we’ll donate all proceeds of the upcoming Sewing Circle Intro Meeting for a kindergarden in Fukushima Prefecture! Sewing Circle Intro Meeting, Todoroki Chikukaikan, Setagaya-ku Todoroki 3-25-16,…
Melanie Uematsu 