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im back in japan now!

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just came back from Thailand trip this morning at 6am. Andy and I took the overnight flight – the trip was great, but we were exhausted from the flight. so we just relaxed today, and later went to a mall that’s near by my parents’ place. 
i sew many dresses in this kind of style at mall

images from Julianna

dress that looks like high weight skirt with tank top or t-shirt tucked in. i love it!
it looks pretty easy to make too. 
1. make tanktop
2. connect either wide band elastic, or 
cut out black jersey like a waist band
3. attach skirt in print
im thinking of using this japanese style fabric that i got from tomato for the skirt part.
i can’t wait to start sewing again!

i saw a new pattern, Doryon, came out on burdastyle – it’s romper! im considering buying the pattern. i have not downloaded any patterns from burdastyle since they started charging them, but this romper is really cute and i’d like to try making it. 

crazy things

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went to a near by mall yesterday and found these stuff.

bad ass coffee shop – nice name! :p

rambo shooting game, which andy has enjoyed very much at a game center
ice cream UFO catcher… i want one!

my sister (left) and i this morning at the garden. she is 4 years younger than me.

im wearing comfy outfit which i posted before, and my sister is wearing white long T, black knit vest, zara flower mini skirt and boots. it is 75 degrees outside, and i do not like people wear boots in the summer. but oh well. i forgive her.

fabulous place to shop fabric in japan

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ever since i read this blog post about fabric shop in japan, called “tomato” and other reviews about this shop, i’ve been dying to go. now that im in japan, i went there on my first day.

it was great!

they have tons of tons of fabric, they arrange them very well (1st floor print fabrics, 2nd floor knit fabrics, etc), they have great 100 yen a meter section (100 yen is about 95 cents in current exchange rate).
they have two or three different buildings, and you can find anything there… i was so excited.
it is in fabric district of tokyo, place called “nippori”. you can get off at “nippori” JR station and walk from the station for about five minutes, then you’ll start seeing the rows of fabric shops.

i got these two fabrics from 100 yen a meter section.
right: pink lutas flower cotton fabric with a bit of stretch
left: polyester fabric, kind of like kimono fabric

what should i make out of these…? im so tempted to just make a kimono dress with the fabric on the left, but i should probablly try something new. with the lotus fabric, im making a sun dress for my little sister:)