Do you recognize these bags? Yes, on the right side is my bag, and the pretty bag with rosettes is Yoshimi’s bag! They were sitting together side by side on a wooden bench inside an Indonesian restaurant in Shinjuku. Yoshimi and I spent a day together last Saturday, it was a bit cold and cloudy… Continue Reading
Mark Frauenfelder, the founder of BoingBoing.net and the editor in chief of Make magazine has just launched a new book yesterday: ‘Made by Hand: Searching for Meaning in a Throwaway World‘. I had the chance to read an uncorrected proof before it was launched and it was quite an enjoyable experience. This is not the… Continue Reading
This is a picture that my husband took two years ago when Sidra and I were about to go to IKEA, a week after we arrived in Tokyo. We needed to buy some furniture because our apartment was a bit empty after my husband got rid of his ‘single’ furniture. You know, single couch, single… Continue Reading
The end of April through around May 5th is called Golden Week in Japan since there are many public holidays during this period. We spent the holiday in the Okutama mountain area. Okutama is quite near to Tokyo, so instead of spending the nights, we made two one day trips there. My husband loves hiking… Continue Reading
There is an interesting project going on at Zoe’s blog where she would only wear her own handmade clothes for a month. Last month, Zoe challenged herself in the Me-Made-March where she posted her daily handmade outfit and how she coordinated them. And this month, she invited other people to participate. So if you want… Continue Reading
And now, here’s the winner of my hat giveaway, randomly selected: Congratulations, Emer! I will send you an email after this. Thank you everyone for participating in my giveaway! It has been fun! Continue Reading
I often got questions about diagrams and drawings that I made for my tutorials, how I make them and what kind of software that I use. Actually I always use CorelDraw, a vector software similar to Adobe Illustrator. It is a drawing program, and not really for pattern drafting. I use it because it’s the… Continue Reading
Remember this hat? I made it for a friend of mine but then I changed my mind and made another type of hat for her. I’ve never worn the hat since it is not really my style. So now that I have one extra hat, I think that maybe one of you will like to… Continue Reading
Last weekend we went for a picnic in a park near our house. Then we went home biking in the nice weather ♥ //Song credit: Kaze ni naru by Ayano Tsuji// Continue Reading
This is Sidra this morning, about to go to his first day in second grade. I can’t believe how fast time is flying! He was entering first grade not so long time ago and now he’s suddenly a second-grade student. The school will finish early today, so he didn’t have to bring his randoseru (school… Continue Reading
