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Last weekend, I went to a fabric raw in Nippori. It was really windy and super cold. I got off at the wrong station, and ended up walking to the fabric raw for about 30 mins instead of taking subway or cab, bad idea! On top of that, I realized I only had 1000yen (10 bucks) in my wallet once I got there. It was too cold out side to walk to a bank, and the fabric stores there don’t accept credit card.

So, I decided to challenge myself and buy as much fabric as I can with my 1000 yen. In retrospect, it wasn’t a bad idea, because I always end up buying too much, or spending too much money. When I left Philly I had two big plastic bags full of unused fabrics that I had to give away.

I bought fabrics above with 10 bucks: from top left, clockwise:
1. green polyester fabric – it’s such a fun fabric! The pattern on it has a bird and small cat all over the place. 2 meter = 200 yen
2. pale pink jersey fabric, 2 meter = 200 yen
3. gray and black stripes jersey, 2 meter = 200 yen
4. ethnic print polyester fabric, 2 meter = 200 yen
5. white lining fabric, 2 meter = 200 yen

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Total= 1000 yen (about 10 dollars)

I’m going to come up with 5 different outfit with these fabric and post it here! I’ll see what I can do with 10 bucks;)

Blouse, blouse, blouse.

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I can’t believe it’s already February! Time really flies. Last night, it snowed in Kanto area (Tokyo area) for the first time this winter. It’s pretty rare. I hope this will be it! I really don’t like snow. Perhaps this hatred toward snow came from the times I had to deal with too many snow related problems in Philly. Once our car door decided not to close, because the door got frozen, and while Andy was driving, I had to hold the door the whole time! It was ridiculous.

Over last week, I made a couple of blouses. I took a break from making dresses, and decided to use some fabric left overs, that are not big enough for dress, but enough for a top.

☆Peter Pan Collar Blouse☆
Inspiration is from Alexa Chung, she was wearing a white peter pan collar T with jeans, flats and Mulberry bag! I only had green fabric, so it’s not quite the same..:p
☆Cross over blouse☆
I love this fabric! It’s amazingly soft. I had this left from Tokyo Made Market.
☆Floral blouse☆
Pattern is same as above, (you can tell that I’m into cross over detail!) but for this, I made the sleeves rolled up. I used fabric covered buttons and a sash I made from the same fabric to roll up the sleeves. Fabric is from Thailand.