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: Women’s
A New Design Idea
I’ve worked on this skirt for the past days and found a new way to make the high waist/ hip area really precious, gorgeous and interesting. I really like the way, how the pleats and the piping technique worked together. The high waist band has a stiff interface ironed on the inside to secure the…
The Wedding in Australia
I just got this picture form my previous client. She came with her wedding dress for adjustments. When she bought it first, it had no shape, a ridiculous heavy and long train and was too long. With only one fitting we made it just perfect for her. She wrote that she had a wonderful day…
Simply Amazing
Recently I made some adjustments for this dress. It was ordered by my client from an Online Store in New Zealand and unfortuately it was too long and not shaped enough around the waist and hip line. I shortened the length without loosing the wonderful flowing shape and the diagonally added skirt and lace at the…
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,…
Skirt & Shirt
A new order from a client that we know already. Please see her beautiful Pixie shots. I made this outfit about a year ago among other custom made ideas and these are the newest pieces that we just finished last week. A green jersey shirt and a denim skirt with extra many loops… to have…
Tink’s Uniform – A Minimal Wardrobe
If you will travel to Miyanmar, Thailand, India etc to do Hoolahoop Workshops and Circus, if you move to a much smaller appartment and get rid of many things that aren’t really neccessary for your daily surviving, you might think about a minimal wardrobe. So does Mediatinker Kristen and came to my atelier. What she…
My New Winter Collection!!
Recently I got lots of new Winter textiles and made two dresses, a “to-be-loved-coat” for the next decade, an awesome jacket and an overall for the upcoming bonenkais 🙂 See them all here Woolen coat with wide high collar The lining Woolen Dress with a swing A-line, brown Woolen Dress with a swing A-line, grey…
Autumn Coat
Tokyo’s weather is still amazing… sunshine, blue sky and 21*C But I’m getting prepared for cooler days and just finished this Autumn coat. It’s a simple swinging A line, just end above the knees, closes with one button and — what I most love: the widely shaped collar. Smooth A-line and vivid lining It’s a…
Melanie Uematsu 