Dignified Lady Sewing (more Japanese Sewing Books)

or Garments of a Dignified Lady

I am entirely unsure how I stumbled on this title, as I had to order it over Amazon. But I am very glad that I did, and am going to be all over it like cat hair*

This is my next project for me.

isbn 9784579115020

http://books.bunka.ac.jp/np/isbn/9784579115020/

or just go to amazon

(*)

Connect the dots to coat

It is not giving too much away to say that I've been pattern testing. And that involves PDF patterns.

Sometimes there are a lot of size lines all right next to each other, and it's hard for old eyeballs like mine to see which one I'm cutting on.

So I mark them and cut

And then they get too close together

So I spend a little extra time with a colored pencil to make a mark along the line I'm looking for, each time I can identify that line.

and then I just....

And then I will cut out the piece with my paper scissors NOT my fabric scissors.

Cause kids, I am using the used fax paper from work for these things.

I trust you all now know the name of the coat. Oh, did I say coat?

Clare Coat