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Everything ready-to-ship will be 40% off with a code “GIVETHANKS” at checkout in Etsy shop and Vivat Veritas shop! For Etsy shop, you can view all the items that are on sale here. The code does not apply for made-to-order items and gift certificate. The sleeveless knit in the picture is sale here.
Hope everyone is having a wonderful Thanksgiving! We are celebrating it on Saturday since everyone is working on Thursday in Japan.
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While browsing through Little Green Notebook, I found many home furnishing items that have the “Greek key” motif. I find the motif very elegant, so I wanted to somehow, incorporate it into my home. I find this Greek key drawers makeover amazing, but I am not really good at refurbishing furniture (I recently painted my black IKEA chandelier to lavender, but the paint did not stick all that well since I didn’t use primer). I found grosgrain ribbon and mint green fabric from my stash (left over from these shorts), and decided to create the Greek Key pattern with it. So here is how I made it:
At every turn (corner), I marked with pen, and made a mitered corner (useful tutorial here). I made the short length 6cm, and long length 12cm, based on this picture. Basically you continue making the pattern for all four corners. As I finished one side, I started to get confused because the ribbon twisted a lot. Pinning the ribbon to the pillow cover fabric as I went along helped.
After I finished with the ribbon, I pinned it securely to the pillow case fabric and sewed both edges of the ribbon. I left the pillow unsewn until I finished with the Greek key pattern. I think it’s easier that way. Once I’m done with the Greek Key pattern, I sewed the invisible zipper on one side and finished the rest of the edges. I only applied the Greek Key pattern on one side of the pillow, just because it took longer than I anticipated! 
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I went to Nippori fabric district the other day and bought this pretty salmon pink (or blush rose) wool for a mere 300 yen per meter. I bought three meters of it. Such a score! I forgot the name of the store as it was new. I had not been back to Nippori since the bloggers meetup back in August, and there were some changes. One of my favorite shops, Zakzak (wrote about the shop here)closed one of their stores (the bigger garage one, which I preferred), and there were a few new shops. I’m sad about zakzak’s closure. They were dirt cheap, so maybe they were not making enough profit.
Anyway, as I bought this pink wool, I started to think about sewing a winter coat. To be honest, I hate winter. I hate cold. I hope wearing a cheerful color like this pink will help me get through the miserable winter. I made a teal color coat last winter, so I wanted to make something with a statement color this year as well.
For a coat pattern, I browsed through burdastyle’s coat library – I have a love and hate relationship with BurdaStyle patterns. I hate printing out the patterns and taping them together but I love the instant download. I keep going back there because their patterns are reasonable and I can get it right away.
I ended up purchasing Wool Long Coat 08/2012#101B. I see this kind of oversized, long coat with lapels all over the place here this winter. I posted one from a Japanese magazine, Vivi on instagram. They call it “Chester coat (チェスターコート）” over here. I wonder what they call in real English-speaking countries.
Here are some images from my moodboard – I’m deciding whether to shorten the length of the coat to about thigh length, or keep it around the knees. For practical purpose, it would be better to keep it long, but I’m not sure how I would look with oversized, long coat since I’m not that tall. Any thoughts?
One, Three, Four from Natalie Off Duty, and Two from Karla’s Closet
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