Sunday, January 31, 2010

candy cat quilted zipper

My candy cat quilted zipper is very soft and puffy! I used many pieces of vintage fabrics for this pouch. I think that the colors are very pretty all together!





The pink knitted ribbon is also vintage.







The back side is one piece of fabric. It is a European floral cotton. These roses remind me of the world of Japanese anime (shyoojyo manga) for young girls. The writers must use roses to express the love scenes. Like this fabric. It is so cute♥






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Friday, January 29, 2010

candy cat appliqué

I’m working on the candy cat appliqué. A house is made from some vintage scraps that I ordered from the United Kingdom. The colors are bit faded, but I think that they match my candy cat image.


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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

go go viking girl quilted zipper

I finished the viking girl zipper pouch! This is the third pouch of this new year, so I need a little more time for reopening my shop. I want to create at least three more pouches/bags for my shop.






An accessory pocket is on the back side. The teddy is there too with a pink flower.






A pink ribbon is attached to the right side of the pouch.








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Saturday, January 23, 2010

go go viking girl

I made a viking girl appliqué. A tough Viking girl, in her own pink bunny boat!





I finished the patchwork too. I think that it is very cute. The sky theme fabric is my favorite. (This fabric is almost gone and I can’t find the same one anywhere so far...)



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Thursday, January 21, 2010

changing to Panda-chan quilted zipper

The new Panda-chan pouch is finished! The bottom patch fabric is Japanese cotton waffle. It is soft and cute!






I put a round pocket on the back side. The teddy panda is there too.









Hungarian lace ribbon is attached to the right side of the pouch.


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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

changing to Panda-chan

I’m working on a new Panda-chan appliqué. The first step (the left), she is just an ordinary looking girl. The second step (in the middle), she has put on her Panda-chan head, a little bit not ordinary. The last step (the right), she has transformed into Panda-chan! Of course, her teddy panda is in her hand at this point.




I think that I need to add more flowers for this event.



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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

love love piggies quilted patchwork zipper

I think that this piggy pouch has a lot of worm feeling. Not really sophisticated. I hope that the cute piggies and Japanese country taste fabrics work very well together. I really love this pouch!






The back side’s pocket is not perfectly straight.















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Thursday, January 7, 2010

love love piggies

I’ve been working on the happy piggy couple’s appliqués. I think that they look very cozy, and make me feel like looking forward to Valentine’s day!






I’m going to make more piggies’ appliqués, and use all the patches for one zipper pouch.



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Friday, January 1, 2010

Happy New Year!!!

あけましておめでとうございます! 

I wish for this year that I can make many pretty items & get many good ideas! I am hoping that many people will visit my shop this year too!




I made Panda-chan’s lunch mat this morning. The mat is made from Japanese cottons, and a cow print vintage cotton that I purchased from Australia. They are double quilted and very puffy.


I stitched Panda-chan’s out line with the sewing machine, and her face and the little stuffed panda are hand embroidery.




First, I put my Japanese traditional New Year’s day meal (purchased at Mitsuwa Japanese super market in NJ) on the lunch mat. I think that it is pretty~! I wish I could have bought more osechi, but the Japanese yen is too strong, I bought only three items that I really love for osechi this year.






Next, I put another Japanese traditional New Year’s day dish called zouni, on the lunch mat. I started cooking zouni soup the day before, and it looks & smells very delicious! I put only one mochi into my bowl for now.






Then I put my tea & snacks on the lunch mat. I feel good using this Panda-chan lunch mat!



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