Pattern Cutting Deconstructed: Wearable Art
A review of Pattern Cutting Deconstructed by Monisola Omotoso: abstract paintings turned into garments, who the book suits, and what to know before you buy.
Kategorie sewing books
The nine words that open a Japanese sewing book
Japanese sewing books are rarely translated — but it is the same handful of characters, book after book. The nine words that open the size chart, the instructions and the pattern sheet.
A Year of Sewing with Nani Iro — before the patterns, there are the fabrics
A slow, honest look at A Year of Sewing with Nani Iro by Naomi Ito — the fabrics that come before the patterns, eighteen seasonless makes, and why it is a quiet favourite for petite sewists.
薄い布でつくる服 — the sewing book you decode, not read
some sewing books you read. this one you decode. what it is 薄い布でつくる服 — „clothes made from thin cloth“ — is noriko sasahara’s study of the lightest, most translucent fabrics: organza, lawn, voile, chiffon. it collects thirteen designs built entirely…
a dictionary of color combinations — the book I open before i choose fabric
a dictionary of color combinations' collects historical japanese colour harmonies from the taishō and shōwa eras. why i reach for it before every fabric order — and how sewing in palettes beats picking shades one by one.
Book review: Hej. Skandi-chic Super Cosy – sewing warm clothes for colder days
A look inside Hej. Skandi-chic Super Cosy by Anja Rohloff — a German sewing book packed with patterns and construction tips for working with warm, thicker fabrics and knits.
sewing your perfect capsule wardrobe — five patterns, one small wardrobe
five pieces meant to be worn together: my review of sewing your perfect capsule wardrobe — the fitting chapter, the mood boards, and why fabric gets so much room.
Love at First Stitch by Tilly Walnes — the book that taught me to sew
Every sewist has one book that started it all. For me it was Love at First Stitch by Tilly Walnes — the beginner sewing book that taught me to make my own clothes.