DIY
Velvet Swing Dress
Compulsive cloth-buyer that I am, over a year ago when velvet dresses were popping up on Pinterest and Instagram and nine months pregnant I became obsessed with the idea of owning a velvet dress. Never mind that I lacked the…
Tiered Linen Dress
This summer was relatively cool for Tokyo, but by the time July came around the familiar sweltering, humid days and nights made a reappearance, and I was back to sweating through work clothes and dreaming of linen and cotton. By…
The Dress Form
Even before I really knew anything about proper clothes-making or pattern drafting, I wanted a dress form. Most patterns or sewing projects require some basic fitting, and most of my early sewing failures as a girl came from my ignorance…
