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I did some selfish sewing for my twins in January. I fell for the whimsical looking pictures in this Japanese Sewing book: Sew Sweet Handmade Clothes by Yuki Araki during a (very) late night browsing session.

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The back cover showcasing some of the lovely outfits. Everything that is shown in the pictures is a available as a pattern.

I must have purchased it then when my brain was transitioning between a fully conscious state and the sleep state. Imagine my surprise when I received a large Amazon box and after burrowing through the meters of brown paper wadding, I found this beautifully shot book of children’s patterns :-).

Its a good book and I like it. I sewed up the A line skirt. Before that here are some pictures of the book and my thoughts….

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The pattern sheet unfortunately has only 2 colours so you have to really concentrate to see which lines you are following. I used light pencil marks to see where I was

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These are all of the garments in the book. Quite a good range. 22 patterns in total
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There are instructions accompanied with each pattern. Good instructions in my opinion. The patterns have no seam allowances btw.
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Some patterns have more detailed instructions like this uber cute shirt dress.
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One of the outfits I really like. Its made from Nani Iro fabric (though I dont think I would use Nani Iro for kids clothes because they grow so fast out of them!)
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A picture of the skirt I made for my girls.
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First skirts in Teapot fabric. I put a little red ribbon trim on the yoke.
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These were the second ones made in a rocket fabric. I used faux twin needle hem on one of them. Also went for contrast yokes.
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All in all very happy with them.

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I will be making more from the book. The designs are more appropriate for spring summer weather using light weight wovens. This is the first Japanese Sewing book I have bought. I think I will wait until I have made a few more things before looking at buying another one.

To me they do seem like good value for money considering the number of patterns. Do you like Japanese Sewing books? Any particularly great one you would reccommend?

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