Kaoru Marie

Last weekend I stopped by Momen+ in Torrance, CA (located in the suburbs of LA County). It's a cute little sewing/quilting shop filled with tons of fabric, patterns, notions, and tools and there is a small workspace area in the back where I think they hold classes. Since the owner has Japanese roots (I think), this shop carries lots of Japanese fabric, including the ever popular Kokka and Echino, but there is also plenty of "modern" fabric too. Side Note #1: Funny story. My mom, who is from Japan, didn't know about double gauze even though it originated in Japan. She looked a bit unimpressed with the "thin" fabric {her words}. I told her about the popularity of double gauze, but that didn't seem to help the cause. $20/yard for double gauze? *gulp* Where's the sale section? Anyhoo, my mom has visited Momen+ a couple times and has been sweet enough to buy me some Japanese fabric (not the popular stuff, but super cute nonetheless) and a couple

Have you seen the newest Sewaholic Pattern? A TRENCH COAT ! Ahhhhh! I WANT IT NOW! No, seriously, I want the one that Tasia made because I love love love that color! Except I can't get the pattern. Well, no I can. But I won't let myself buy it until I finish making the following Sewaholic Patterns that I have bought within the past year and haven't finished: Thurlow Trousers (but not the shorts) Cambie Dress Minoru Jacket I'm even cheating with the Thurlow Trousers because I'm using an old pair of pants that are somehow way too big on me now. I picked apart the seams, but I've been too lazy to get started on pants. I bought this pattern in August 2012... I'm actually currently working on the Cambie Dress. I started it a week or two ago. I bought voile fabric (Dimitrios by Alexander Henry) from Hawthorne Threads and while I am in love with the fabric design I am not loving how see-through it is. Wah-wah... I definitely need lining, which I do

I think from this point on I'll only be blogging about the "365 Photos*" that I am most "proud" of or like the best or are actually worth blogging about....you get the idea. Part of the change up in documenting my progress is two-fold: (1) it is time consuming (also read: I'm lazy) to blog about each and every photo, especially when I'm getting accustomed to writing descriptions when I post the photo to Flickr, and (2) I don't think it's really necessary for me to blog about a photo of my dinner or other totally random photo from an exceptionally boring day. With that said there are two photos from this past week that I really like and I think are worth sharing with everyone who happens upon my blog. Day 61/365: March 2, 2013 I'm not sure how much the rest of the country (and world) paid attention to the Endeavour Space Shuttle making its journey to its final resting spot, but LA was abuzz with excitement because it was a pretty big dea