Thursday, April 9, 2015

Spring has come.

Hello!

I have been quiet and it was probably the longest silence of this blog. I hope you've been having great days in sewing-wise and otherwise!

As for me, I hadn't sewn much for months because my motivation was like a well that went dried a hundred years ago. It was sad, but it was a naturally occurred silence of my sewing. Anyway, the last couple of months was for the time to confirm that I technically had more than enough handmade clothes to live my life too (shame). There was, and is, no need to make new clothes for me.



Having prefaced with some mutter, the warmer season has come finally. It came to my family as well as others in the neighborhood, rather promptly. Our daughter entered the college in this spring and she needed some new clothes and new fabric equipments, such as curtains and a pretty laptop PC sleeve, and she asked me to sew them in the fabrics of her choice. How can I NOT be excited to be asked to sew for the person who I thought was the last human being to ask me such things? I recently restarted sewing a bit upon her request, and I find I love sewing (yahoo!)


PC sleeve: lined, interfaced, and heavily padded for protection



Daughter in Spring shirt: pattern Archer from Grainline Studio 




Though I have only few rambling pictures of my recent results to show you in this post, I hope you see that I'm sewing and doing very fine. I hope that I will have a chunk of time for sewing my clothes very soon. I hope I'll be able to blog something a little bit interesting here too. I think I hope everything that I can hope this moment. Haha:)
And above all, I hope you all are having a great day.


Archer has butterflies all over (the fabric is pretty, isn't it?)



Cloud-like cardigan: pattern Pris from Tamanegi-kobo



Skirt for a breeze: pattern Snowdrop from Tamanegi-kobo




XOXO
yoshimi

P. S. These photos are almost the same ones as I posted to Instagram sometime before. I'm occasionally posting photos of my sewing projects to Instagram at the moment. Many of my regular pictures are not very sewing-related, though, please check my account if you are interested. I hope to see you there too!





Something extra: my mother in her Sashiko jacket, presenting her new Sashiko fabric in progress.



32 comments:

  1. I love your mother's sashiko jacket. I struck up a 'conversation' in Nomura Tailor with a japanese woman who refashioned old farmers kimonos into her exciting jacket/dress. She only spoke japanese, I only spoke english. We managed to communucate via our handmade items.
    Your daughter asking you to sew for her is a treasure.

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    1. Kathy, thank you for the comment! I can see the sight of two of you in Nomura Tailor fabric store! Love for sewing breaks the language barrier :))

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  2. I am happy to hear you are sewing again :) and that archer shirt is great, nice fabric. The sashiko is so beautiful. Is the background always blue or is that some tradition for sashiko? I will have to investigate! (also the computer keeps trying to autocorrect my typing of sashiko to sashimi, ha!) autocorrect is hilarious (not)

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    1. Hi Beth! Thank you for your words. As for sashiko fabric background, indigo blue seems the traditional color of it. Originally, sashiko was stitched on old worn garments as repair, and I guess those garments were simply made of very plain fabrics, like plainly dyed blue fabric, because ordinary people could not afford elaborated fabrics for their everyday clothes. That seems why this background.

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  3. Oh, you are so lucky as I'm still waiting for the day for my daughter to request handmade clothes for her other than the odd pair of pajama pants! How special for you..... and how special for your daughter. Your mother's work is amazing! Creative talent must run in your family!

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    1. Lisa, I'm sure you will have some day on which your daughter asks you something for her. My one needed 18 years to ask me and the day came so suddenly. :) Thank you for the kind words too!

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  4. The clothes you've made for your daughter are beautiful! Your mother's Sashiko is amazing as well. Such talented ladies!

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  5. Your daughter must be so pleased with her new clothes & accessories! I just love that skirt. And it's so lovely to see your mother's sashiko too, it's beautiful!

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    1. Thank you, Kathryn. I was pretty surprised by the positive reaction from my daughter. I'm very happy that she didn't hate her mothers handmade items at all.

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  6. Isn't it nice when your daughters appreciate your sewing talent! My own daughter started University in February and I have been helping her with her Uni wardrobe. To date I have made her a Sewaholic Granville that she has been too busy to photograph but she has asked me for a jumper as well.

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    1. It seems we are successful to be helpful to our daughters :) Yes, it is very nice when they appreciate our sewing talent!

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  7. I wish my daughter would ask me to make her things, lucky you. I love her pc sleeve, especially the fabric. I remember reading about your mothers sashiko jackets, what patience she must have.

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    1. nk you for your comment, Louise. I know how you feel, because my daughter wasn't like how she is. She thought handmade items were universally uncool. Do not worry, you will be asked, I promise.

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  8. All lovely, but I particularly love the skirt! And that sashiko jacket is a work of art.

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  9. Every thing you have sewn for your daughter is very pretty. The fabrics are wonderful. I love you mother's work. By the way, a drop in the desire to sew is normal. I did not do much, some but not a lot, for an entire year.

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    1. Thank you for your kind words. I'm sewing off and on these days. I'm encouraged by your words :)

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  10. Beautiful fabrics and sewing! Great to see you enjoying the process again. Your mom is very talented too!

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    1. Thank you, Shannon! I'm loving to see your beautiful recent creations in your blog too.

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  11. I love all of these spring makes. Your fabric choices are always so lovely. Your mother looks amazing in her jacket. Such impressive work!

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    1. Thank you for leaving your comment, Sara! Thank you for your words on my fabric choice and on my mothers work too.

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  12. It's so nice to read an update on your blog Yoshimi! I am so glad you are doing well and making beautiful things for your daughter. Please keep well and stay warm! :)

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    1. Thank you, Carolyn! Everything around me including my feeling seems getting better day by day.

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  13. Everything is so beautiful, Yoshimi. Your daughter must be very happy with everything that you've made for her! Wishing her happy years in college!
    The sashiko works are so amazing! I can't imagine how long it would take to make one piece like that. Love the picture of your mother, the gestures look so full of love :)

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    1. Thank you, Novita. She seems much happier than a year ago and is certainly enjoying her college student life. Thank you for your kind words to my mother, too!

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  14. Congrats on your daughter entering university and on asking you to sew for her! Those are some lovely garments. And I can see where you got your creativity - your mother's sashiko is lovely!

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    1. Thank you, dear, for your lovely comment!!

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  15. Great to hear from you again. It's always lovely to be asked by the person least expected to sew for them. Your daughters shirt is lovely.

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    1. Thank you, Shelly. Yes, it was so lovely to be asked by the daughter, you're so right :)))

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  16. Lovely to see your creations. There are always rhythms to life and it's good to accept them as they come. Love the fabric choice for the alder dress. Your mother's work blows me away. Someday when I'm ready to slow down, perhaps I'll invest my energy into learning Sashiko.

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    1. Than you, Amy, for leaving lovely comment. I think sashiko is getting popular and it is now way easier to find sashiko kits. I also wish to try my first sashiko in near future.

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