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…
Category: Melanie’s Projects
This is the selection of my personal projects.
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
The Japanese Style Spring Coat
One of my first sewing students had carried a long term request to me last month. She wanted to have a special spring coat made . The lining should be in a “kimono style” and for the outer fabric she chose a pigeon blue fine corduroy. We confirmed on a chinese style stand-up collar, piped…
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…
Show Costumes
Last Winter (sorry this post is late 🙂 I made several costumes for the company World Family K.K. For their Christmas Show I made the Tree and the Snowman. Look how cute they are! The artdirection of the director was great!
TIS Sewing Club
We just had another nice Sewing Club lesson at the Tokyo International School! Once a week I am teaching kids of 3rd and 4th grade to sew. Either with the machine or per hand. I’ll upload some of their cute projects soon!! If you are interested to book sewing classes for kids, please CONTACT me….
New Kindergarden Bags with the Theme of Toystory
I have made two more kindergarden sets with the theme of Toystory. One is for a boy called Rihito and one for a boy called Sorato. A happy kindergarden start for you guys from April 2014!!
Queen of Pixies
To create a blouse and bag that fits a Queen of Pixies was a wonderful and very delicate job. See the beautiful outcome here (the dress is a Dirndl, a traditional Bavarian dress, model’s own ) Please click on the images to enlarge them The blouse is short, just under bustline, to fit perfectly under…
Uniform Samples for the British School in Tokyo
It seems that many families in Tokyo, who send their children to international schools have get in trouble as the school uniform supporter Landsend has stopped service in Japan. An other company is now getting in charge to create well fitting uniforms for international children in Japan and I was aksed to make the first…
Beauty and the Beast – Belle’s Golden Dress
One month ago I was asked to make Bell’s Golden Robe from the musical Beauty and the Beast. Please view the formation of all the parts, layers and decorations until the whole piece was completed. There was a great tutorial online from a woman, who has specialized in copying movie dresses. I’d like to…
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