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Wednesday 10 August 2011

Japanese books - my new crush!

Now I know I have a shelves full of books that I have hardly touched, never alone worked my way through, but that doesn't stop a girl from looking to see what else is on offer does it?

It started by adding the

Source: flickr.com via Hadley on Pinterest


Source: etsy.com via Hadley on Pinterest







14 comments:

  1. You can never have too many books.

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  2. I have picked up so many Japanese books and put them down again - paralysed by the choice of so many wonderful projects. Some are scarily detailed and I wonder if I will ever get around to finishing?? Would love to though

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  3. someone should do a translation of them, they are fabulous and i know i want to do some of the projects. but i am a real follower of the pattern! x go for it. x

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  4. go on. give it a try! you can absolutely work out a pattern from the pictures alone. what a great adventure!

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  5. These look inspiring! In my experience there are few books with really good pattern instructions anyway, so I say just have a crack at it! Jxo

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  6. Oh i'm with you, i love Japanese books too, love Posie

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  7. Go for it! Inspiration in them means it won't matter if you can't read the lingo ;-)

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  8. I'm with Judith, most destructions are awful anyway! I tend to use books like this as coffee table reads - they look pretty but I often don't actually make anything from them! I just like the fabric porn.

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  9. I've never even see these books in the states! They look wonderful!

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  10. I love the Japanese dress pattern books - I know Kate at M is for Make sells the books with her own English translations of the sewing terms. Look I even gave you the link - are we even now?
    http://www.misformake.co.uk/category/japanese-craft-books

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  11. oooh please Had, no more pictures... I've got enough on my wishlist already! If the books are even half as brilliant as the fabrics...we're in trouble!

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  12. The pictures you posted look fantastic - every last item is beautiful! Go for it! :-)

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  13. One of my best friends here is Japanese. Send me the books and I'll tell you what they say!

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