i’ve been absorbed with reading, but at the same time, i’ve been making sewing progress as well. using the pants pattern that i altered to fit at the end of…
The reason why there hasn’t been much embroidery progress lately (or blog posts, for that matter), is because I’ve been a total bookworm since early spring. I can’t remember the…
already a month ago, but. the plum blossoms at ogose-bairin were really lovely– as they are there every year. it has become one of my spring must-sees. after my hanami…
not any particular flower, but i had the urge to embroider something reminiscent of small, spring wildflowers so i drew this new design. but small means doing the outlines in…
it seems that spring arrived suddenly and all at once this year. but back when the spring blooms were just beginning to color the bare branches, before the spring haze…
lunch by the river. since it was a weekday, i had this lovely spot almost all to myself. all, except for a little bagworm asleep by my elbow. guess it…
it’s been quite a while since i last stitched this fern motif. at this point, the stitching on the leaves are all just the foundation stitches. outlining the form…
obento lunch @ my favorite coffee shop. with permission from the owner, of course. it’s beginning to warm up little by little, but the scenery is still very much winter.…
It may seem like y * handmade is turning into an obento/nature stroll blog of late, but that doesn’t mean I’m no longer sewing. Over the holidays, I made a…
Expect unseasonably warm weather, like late March. That was the forecast for that particular day. So naturally, I planned my second outdoor lunch for then. But when the day actually…