Before sharing my current projects with you I thought I’d show you pictures from my last japanese books. Or should I say french book? Those are actually popular japanese sewing books that have been translated and released by french editors.After being able to resist them in Japan and for months since, I finally gave in when they appeared in France. Here are my favourite pieces from those two books.
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Lisette
I got this one a few months ago. The bag I posted about before is made from it.
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I got the book because of this pattern. I’m so in love with this apron (which would make a great skirt too)!
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The bag
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What thing I find funny: the original (japanese) cover shows patterns pieces with writings in French. And for the french version, they changed this to show a japanese girl. Isn’t it ironic?
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La couture au féminin (original title: “feminine wardrobe”)
This one is very recent, it just got out last Saturday. I was really excited when I heard it was going to be released in France.
The cover dress have been tempting me for a very long time. It’s my favourite from the book.
This is a picture I like of a similar dress. The sleeves are longer. Isn’t this picture poetic?
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The top part of this dress is made from a knit fabric.
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This book gives you seven basic patterns and explains how to make three garments from each, most of the time by changing the length, sleeves or small details.
I adore those sleeves! Does the pattern for them look very different to a normal sleeve?
C’est bien que tu aies posté ces photos ! J’ai moi aussi craqué sur la robe de la couverture, mais j’hésitais un peu. Je crois que je vais l’acheter du coup, si je résous cette épineuse question : ne suis-je pas trop vieille pour tout ça ?
You are so lucky!!what wonderful looking dresses in these pictures.I am so envious.My daughter will be in France next year as part of her university course so I shall have to make sure that she finds copies of them for me!!!Thank you for sharing.x
I managed to get hold of a copy of Feminine Wardrobe and over the week end have made the dress on page 7.I really enjoyed making it and it was not at all difficult so I shall definitely be attempting some more in the near future…I know that my daughter will love the cover dress too so that will be on the list! I love the use of plain and striped fabrics on the dress I made but my version is just in a plain solid colour as that was all I had to hand.Anyway,thank you for bringing these books to my attention!
Merci pour ces photos… le dernier est bien tentant ..