I’m completely addicted to these books!
I thought it was a good idea to catalog all my Japanese Dress books and projects into one place for you. I’ll be posting more regularly about each of the books I have, as well as all the projects I’m tackling from them.
We are finally selling Japanese craft & dress books at the workroom! You can shop our new online shop or visit our Toronto store to see them in person.
Some other great resources for information on Japanese Dress Books: Label Free, Purl Bee, and Japan Couture Addicts.
Stylish Dress Book – available at the workroom
Stylish Dress Book 2 – available at the workroom
Stylish Dress Book 3 – available at the workroom
Mannish Style – available at the workroom
Happy Homemade Vol. 1 – available at the workroom
Happy Homemade Vol. 3 – available at the workroom
Sweet Dress Recipe – available at the workroom
nani IRO – Colourful Fabric Dress Book – available at the workroom
Drape Drape – available at the workroom
Feminine Wardrobe – available at the workroom
Wild Flower Garden Cross Stitch – available at the workroom
by Kazuko Aoki
Basic of Lock Stitch Sewing Machine
ISBN 9784529044127
Lacey Clothes Book
ISBN 9784123901581
Cool Couture Remake Dresses
ISBN 9784579112289
A Nice One Piece Straight Stitch
ISBN 4309280552
Adult Couture Dress & Smock Blouse
ISBN 9784579111497
One Day Sewing Winter Clothes
ISBN 4910136261076
Unique Clothes Any Way You Like
ISBN 9784579111442
Favourite Tunic, Dress, Vest
ISBN 9784834727623
Linen Cotton Wool*
ISBN 9781590306482
Patchwork Style*
ISBN 9781590306499
Embroidery Animals & Insects
ISBN 9784021904288
My Favourite Embroidery
ISBN 9784579112067
27 comments
Okay. I am freshly addicted. Need to get these books!!
I love these books too, but in my research it seems they are not useful if you are plus size (I’m a US 12-14) Do you know if that’s true from your experience of them?
Hi Bukola!
It is more your measurements that matter. I have had many different people of all sizes work with these patterns. They are quite generous in size, but it would be a good idea to try a muslin to start out to check this or to measure out the pattern pieces.
Thanks for sharing. A lot of these are out in English now XD
So nice to see your dresses from Japanese Sewing Books. I can’t wait to get started!
Please disregard my last comment, I am new to using thees books and realised pattern sheets are double sided! Love looking at your reviews of the books, those and the pictures of your projects have inspired me to start my own projects.
Thanks for doing great reviews on these books- it’s nice to see some finished projects. Just wondering how is the sizing on the English version of the stylish dress books? I’ve just bought 2 books and can’t wait to get stuck in to them, but on some of the blogs it seems people have found the cut quite baggy and loose, whereas your projects are a lovely fit (the way I like them). Any advice? Thanks in advance, Michelle.