japanese pattern books

Pattern S (Happy Homemade Vol. 1) in Liberty

Pamela came in wearing this sweet singlet top. The pattern is View S from Happy Homemade Vol. 1 and the only change she made was to eliminate seam allowances. Her chosen fabric – Daisy Dobby, a Liberty tana lawn –…

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Introducing Sew Indigo

Introducing a fabulous, brand new sewing blog to add to your faves list called Sew Indigo. I was lucky enough to meet blogger Suellen in store at Surry Hills today and we chatted about sewing and her love of Vintage/Retro…

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Liberty Kitty Grace Dress

Here’s another lovely version of pattern E from Stylish Dress Book 1, made up by Stephanie in Liberty of London 100% Tana Lawn Cotton Kitty Grace Aqua (now only available at Tessuti Melbourne) We’re all very excited about the latest…

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Casual Sweet Clothes – Pattern ‘L’

I love my fabric (of course) and I fell truly, madly, deeply in love with this linen – Autumn Tie Dye – when it arrived in our latest European shipment. I love my Japanese pattern books too (of course) and…

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Kobe Navy Static Tunic

Yep, you can say I’ve become a little obsessed with the Japanese Pattern Books but I can’t think of anything better to take along to make up in my weekly sewing classes. I’m happy to be ticking off the patterns…

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Drape Drape 2

We’ve been stocking Japanese pattern books for a while now but if ever there was one we had to call a bestseller, this is it – Drape Drape 2 (follow up to – wait for it – Drape Drape). Our…

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Kristen Doran’s creations

My old East Sydney buddy Kristen has made up these lovely dresses from our Japanese cotton Edo Wave Plants and yarn-dyed 100% Linen Cornwall Pitch…she’s a very talented lady ….I particularly love the raw edge finish on the linen version….

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