Sewing in Asia

Fabric:

Rakuten shops: Hideki, Fan-annex, how to (Japan)

Patterns:

Very Purple Person has a list of Japanese patterns

Misc:

There are lots of shops on Taobao, though I haven't bought from any yet.

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In case you want to find your body double. Last updated July 2015.

26:

All's Fair in Love and Lingerie - 28 FF/26 G

28:

Lladybird - 28DD

Adventures of a Young Seamstress - 28E

All's Fair in Love and Lingerie - 28FF/26G 


Hourglassy - 28 FF, 32 FF, 34 G

Rebel Angel -28H


30:

Shona Stitches - 30C

Cloth Habit - 30 D

Very Purple Person - 30D

Sewaholic- 36 E, 30 D

Seamstress in Training - 30E

Miss Maddy Sews - 30E/F

32:

Vivat Veritas - 32A

Dressing the Role - 32B

Made By Meg - 32B

Clothing Engineer - 32 C

Begonia Sews - 32 C/D

Craft Sanctuary - 32 E

Brown Paper Patterns - 32 E/F, 34DD

Sew Glamorous - 32 F/FF

Hourglassy - 28 FF, 32 FF, 34 G

Gin Pins - 32 G

34:

Lake Knit - 34AA

Handmade by Carolyn- 34 A

Fehr Trade - 34 B

Peneloping - 34C

Button and Needle - 34 D

Closet Case Files - 34 D

Brown Paper Patterns - 32 E/F, 34DD

Sew Your Boat - 34 DD

Sigrid - 34 DD

Starcross - 34 G

Hourglassy - 28 FF, 32 FF, 34 G 

36:

A Few Threads Loose - 36 B

Emerald Erin - 36 C

Oonaballoona - 36 C

My Bratelier - 36 DD

Sewaholic- 36 E, 30 D

So-So Sewist - 36 H

38:

Kathy Sews - 38 B

Get My Stitch On - 38 D

Needles and Haystacks -38 DD

40:

Crabigail Adams - 40 D

It's Sew Suezyque - 40 DD

42:

Smoking Needles - 42 F

44:

Monseratt Lopez - 44F

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Tiny pants pattern and tutorial

I couldn't find a free pattern for size 3m knit pants, so I bought a pair at the thrift and traced them off. You can find the pattern here. I bought a bunch of polo shirts on dollar day at the thrift and used them for fabric.

Make sure to use the existing hem.

Turn the pant legs right sides together.  You should see the ugly side of the hem.

 Sew the inseams at 1/2 inch and finish the seam allowances. Press.

 Turn the legs right side out and put right sides together. Stitch and finish the crotch. Press.

 Attach FOE to inside of waist, stretching slightly.

Fold over waistband and stitch down.

Pants!

Tiny clothes!

No, I'm not expecting. It's a friend of my sister's. I cut the shirts and dress out of leftovers from my dresses, so we'll match. I'll have a tutorial for the pants up later.

Now I don't know what to do with myself

I've been wanting to try new embellishment techniques, so I've started stenciling a collection based on "Ya no Sé Qué Hacer Conmigo" by El Cuarteto de Nos. 

Here's my representation of "Ya tuve que ir obligado a misa":

Church of Saint Margarita summer camp 2013

I stenciled the letters and traced and painted the chalice onto a thrifted tee.

Accidental Ralph Lauren

I bought two nearly identical dresses when I was visiting family in Oregon, but only photographed one.

I did my standard removal of shoulder pads and sleeves, and hemming.

 Seriously!?

The downstairs neighbor says the white dress is Ralph Lauren. Oops. In my defense, it was super fugly. She also brought me her matching pillowcase (!) to make a bolero.

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