I have seen people before who sew such wonderful items that they get ideas from Japanese books and etc. Do any of you have a site you find those books on or do you know any blog that offers some information? I would love to get my hands on some - but I just don't know where or what I even need to look for. Thanks for any of your suggestions!
I should have photos of some projects up next week. We are headed home to Tulsa this weekend to see the Phantom of the Opera. I can't wait!!! It is a quick visit home but totally worth it! I will try to not overload you all next week with photos. The next couple of weeks should be fun. I am going to be starting on some major projects in a few weeks. I am going to try and make all my skirts and pants for vacation. Keep your fingers crossed for me as I have a ton of sewing projects to fit in within a month!!! Whew!
I saw the Phantom of the Opera years ago in San Francisco. But I'm such a dummy sometimes, a local travel agency organzied a bus trip to take us to SF and when I got off the bus I had left my sunglasses on and my regular glasses on the bus. I had to watch the whole thing in the theater with my sunglasses on! I hope you enjoy, I did, even in the dark...lol
ReplyDeleteHave a great time! There are some great Japanese Craft Books on Etsy, here is a search link for you with tons of cute books!!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.etsy.com/search_results.php?search_type=tag_title_supplies&search_query=japanese+sewing+book
Okay, that link didn't go all the way through, so just click HERE
ReplyDeleteIf this doesn't work, just go to Etsy, search supplies:tags, titles and enter Japanese Sewing Book http://www.etsy.com/search_results.php?search_type=tag_title_supplies&search_query=japanese+sewing+book
also...eBay, google and Amazon. With google, simply put a comma between each and every word and then begin narrowing it down. I can find ANYTHING on google doing it this way.
ReplyDeleteWhen I put the following in:
sewing, japanese, books
lots popped up...several from blogs like angry chicken, etc and ebay.
good luck!
Thanks for all the leads girls!!!
ReplyDeleteebay and etsy - those are the places that spring to mind for me with craft books. There's a place in New York, but that's no good to you, is it?!
ReplyDeleteCrafting Japanese (blog) is a good source. There are links to different craft books and to bloggers who have made stuff from them. http://huangfamily.com/craftingjapanese/
ReplyDeleteHave a great trip!
Jessica, over at How About Orange, does a lot of Japanese crafts and posts tutorials! Here's the link:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.howaboutorange.blogspot.com/
Here's a specific link:
http://howaboutorange.blogspot.com/search?q=japanese
Hope this helps! :)