For Japanese Calligraphies you need huge bags. And they should be out of water-resistant materials. I didn’t ask why… but I got the order from a client to make it like this. It was a “dream” of her to have a bag made of the famous marimekko red flower design in coated cotton textile.
Category: Melanie’s Projects
This is the selection of my personal projects.
The Perfect Board Shorts
One of my clients wanted to create his perfect board shorts and ordered three different styles from me. We developed his perfect pattern and I sewed the three styles as samples. His plan is to commercialize the shorts and sell them as his personal swim wear line. The first style are shorts with pockets inserted…
Birds and Dancers at DAAD Tokyo
These are costumes that I created for a dance performance called “Birds at DAAD Tokyo”. The data flow was a little slow, so this is the only picture that I can post. More details at Tokyo.DAAD.de
DSTY Summerschool 2013
Once upon a time…. This years theme for the Summerschool at the German School in Yokohama was : 10 days of fairies, superheroes, princesses and castles! At the Creative Textile Workshop all girls created their their own costumes just based on their own ideas.
Gute Nacht und Guten Abend
In the hot Tokyo Summer it’s useful to have an airy nightdress with which you can walk out in the garden and collect dangomushi (in English: pill-bugs, roly-poly, doodle bugs or Lat: Armadillidium vulgare) as soon as the sun arises… I think I did a quite good job on this little dress. It is made of…
Do you need a New Swim Suit?
My friend recently called me and said: ” Oh dear, I’m looking everywhere, I check all sites, but I can’t find the swim suit that I want!” “What do you want?” (I asked) And she: ” I want exactly the same one that I bought a few years ago. It’s the pefect size and the…
Swimming Pants
This is a new pair of swimming pants. It is really easy to sew, the only point is: you need a serger and a twin jersey needle to keep the seams elastic. Both is available in the Sewing Circle Studio, please come by, if you are interested ***
Inspired From These Ladies
from a vintage pattern, I just finished two dresses. Jersey is just so easy for the Summer, but with some detailes it gets really charming.
If You Love Your Sofa…
it’s not really easy to say bye bye and ciao ciao to it… even though the cussions slowly but with consistency ripping apart. I got this request to repair the cussions, but wasn’t sure, if I can do it. But infact, it wasn’t such a drama. I had to fix the edges with iron/glue on…
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