{"id":2487,"date":"2013-02-28T06:23:53","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T14:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=2487"},"modified":"2013-03-04T10:37:51","modified_gmt":"2013-03-04T18:37:51","slug":"japanese-pattern-books-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=2487","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Pattern Books – Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, I have a lot of Japanese pattern books. A lot<\/em>. Today, I thought it might be fun to show you my library of beloved kids’ pattern books (I also have a lot of pattern books for grown-ups…an intervention may be in order).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I’ve gotten quite a few requests for recommendations, and though I can’t claim to be any sort of expert, I have sewn a fair amount from most of these and have my faves (which I’ve shared with you at the very bottom).<\/p>\n

I plan on doing a more elaborate review that includes what I hope to be helpful information about each book as well as all the items I’ve sewn per book all laid out in a pretty way, but for now, just a simple listing because it’s already novel-length as it is…<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Girly Style Wardrobe<\/a><\/em> by Yoshiko Tsukiori
\nISBN978-4-579-11132-9
\nPublisher: Bunka<\/p>\n

Onnanoko no Fuku, Tezukuri no Fuku<\/a> (Clothes for Girls, Handmade)<\/em> by Yoshiko Tsukiori
\nISBN978-4-579-11054-4
\nPublisher: Bunka<\/p>\n

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Happy Homemade vol.2<\/a><\/em>\u00a0Kids no Fudangi (Every Day Clothes for Kids)<\/em> by Ruriko Yamada
\nISBN978-4-579-11243-2
\nPublisher: Bunka<\/p>\n

Happy Homemade vol.5<\/a><\/em>\u00a0Kids no Genki na Fudangi (Fun\/Active Every Day Clothes for Kids)<\/em> by Ruriko Yamada –\u00a0(I have not yet sewn anything from this book yet – that will change soon!)
\n<\/strong>ISBN978-4-579-11295-1
\nPublisher: Bunka<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Sunao de Kawaii Onnanoko no Fuku<\/a> (Innocent and Cute Girl’s Clothes)<\/em> by Akiko Man0
\nISBN978-4-579-11194-7
\nPublisher: Bunka<\/p>\n

Oshare ga Sukina Onnanoko no Fuku<\/a> (Clothes for Stylish Girls)<\/em> by Akiko Mano
\nISBN978-4-579-11289-0
\nPublisher: Bunka<\/p>\n

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Heart Warming Life Series:\u00a0Oshama na Onnanoko no Oyofuku<\/a> (Fancy Girl Clothes)<\/em>* by Yuki Araki
\nISBN978-4-529-04767-8
\nPublisher: Nihon Vogue<\/p>\n

*This one is not available on the Kinokuniya site but I found it on the Japanese Amazon site.<\/p>\n

Heart Warming Life Series:\u00a0Mainich Kiru Onnanoko Fuku<\/a> (Daily Wear for Girls)<\/em> by Yuuki Katagai
\nISBN978-4-529-04700-5
\nPublisher: Nihon Vogue<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Onnanoko no Oshare Fuku<\/a> (Stylish Clothes for Girls)<\/em> by Yuki Araki
\nISBN978-4-529-04526-1
\nPublisher: Nihon Vogue<\/p>\n

Heart Warming Life Series:\u00a0Onnanoko no Odekake Fuku<\/a> (Girls’ Clothes for Special Occasions or the literal translation is Girl’s Clothes for Outings)<\/em> by Yuki Araki
\nISBN978-4-529-04816-3
\nPublisher: Nihon Vogue<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Heart Warming Life Series:\u00a0Chiisana Onnanoko no Oyafuku<\/a> (Clothes for Little Girls)<\/em> by Yuki Araki – This book focuses on knits and I haven’t made anything from it yet.<\/strong>
\nISBN978-4-529-05067-8
\nPublisher: Nihon Vogue<\/p>\n

Heart Warming Life Series:\u00a0Honnori Sweet Onnanoko no Fuku<\/a><\/em> (Girl’s Clothes with a touch of sweet) by Yuki Araki
\nISBN978-4-529-04951-1
\nPublisher: Nihon Vogue<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A Sunny Spot: Oshare de Kawaii Onnanoko no Fuku<\/a><\/em> (Stylish and Cute Girl’s Clothes) by Mayuko Murata
\nISBN978-4-529-04894-1
\nPublisher: Nihon Vogue<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Kantan Sukkiri Onnanoko Fuku Otokonoko Fuku (Quick and Easy Girls’ and Boys’ Clothes) by Polka Drops
\nISBN978-4-529-04837-8
\nPublisher: Nihon Vogue<\/p>\n

***********************************************************************<\/p>\n

FAVORITES<\/strong><\/p>\n

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1<\/a>\u00a0| 2<\/a>\u00a0| 3<\/a>\u00a0| 4<\/a>\u00a0| 5<\/a>\u00a0| 6<\/a><\/p>\n

These are my favorite ones – I love them all, but I’m drawn to the patterns in these books the most. They’re all simple designs, but I like that many of them have subtle unexpected details like angled pockets on a tunic or a knit top with ruched sides seams. Ultimately most of the books have at least a few patterns that are so similar to ones in other books as to be interchangeable, but I get these books for styling inspiration as well, so I don’t mind the duplication.<\/span><\/p>\n

I get all my books from Kinokuniya here in Seattle. I find that the Nihon Vogue books by Yuki Araki have more advanced techniques compared to others, which I am liking more and more. For a beginner testing out the waters of Japanese patterns, I think the first four listed (in the beginning of the post, at the top) have the easiest patterns.<\/p>\n

By the way, the English translations in the parentheses are approximations that I came up with and I included the phonetic representation of the Japanese titles because isn’t it fun to know what they’re supposed to sound like? No?<\/p>\n

Goodness, this turned out much longer than I meant it to be! Are you as addicted to Japanese pattern books as I am? Let’s commiserate…<\/p>\n

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So, I have a lot of Japanese pattern books. A lot. Today, I thought it might be fun to show you my library of beloved kids’ pattern books (I also have a lot of pattern books for grown-ups…an intervention may be in order).\u00a0 I’ve gotten quite a few requests for recommendations, and though I can’t claim to be any sort of expert, I have sewn a fair amount from most of these and have my faves (which I’ve shared with you at the very bottom). I plan on doing a more elaborate review that includes what I hope to be helpful information about each book as well as all the items I’ve sewn per book all laid out in a pretty way, but for now, just a simple listing because it’s already novel-length as it is… Girly Style Wardrobe by Yoshiko Tsukiori ISBN978-4-579-11132-9 Publisher: Bunka Onnanoko no Fuku, Tezukuri no Fuku (Clothes for Girls, Handmade) by Yoshiko Tsukiori ISBN978-4-579-11054-4 Publisher: Bunka Happy Homemade vol.2\u00a0Kids no Fudangi (Every Day Clothes for Kids) by Ruriko Yamada ISBN978-4-579-11243-2 Publisher: Bunka Happy Homemade vol.5\u00a0Kids no Genki na Fudangi (Fun\/Active Every Day Clothes for Kids) by Ruriko Yamada –\u00a0(I have not yet sewn anything from this book yet – that will change soon!) ISBN978-4-579-11295-1 Publisher: Bunka Sunao de Kawaii Onnanoko no Fuku (Innocent and Cute Girl’s Clothes) by Akiko Man0 ISBN978-4-579-11194-7 Publisher: Bunka Oshare ga Sukina Onnanoko no Fuku (Clothes for Stylish Girls) by Akiko Mano ISBN978-4-579-11289-0 Publisher: Bunka Heart Warming Life Series:\u00a0Oshama na Onnanoko no Oyofuku (Fancy Girl Clothes)* by Yuki Araki ISBN978-4-529-04767-8 Publisher: Nihon Vogue *This one is not available on the Kinokuniya site but I found it on the Japanese Amazon site. Heart Warming Life Series:\u00a0Mainich Kiru Onnanoko Fuku (Daily Wear for Girls) by Yuuki Katagai ISBN978-4-529-04700-5 Publisher: Nihon Vogue Onnanoko no Oshare Fuku (Stylish Clothes for Girls) by Yuki Araki ISBN978-4-529-04526-1 Publisher: Nihon Vogue Heart Warming Life Series:\u00a0Onnanoko no Odekake Fuku (Girls’ Clothes for Special Occasions or the literal translation is Girl’s Clothes for Outings) by Yuki Araki ISBN978-4-529-04816-3 Publisher: Nihon Vogue Heart Warming Life Series:\u00a0Chiisana Onnanoko no Oyafuku (Clothes for Little Girls) by Yuki Araki – This book focuses on knits and I haven’t made anything from it yet. ISBN978-4-529-05067-8 Publisher: Nihon Vogue Heart Warming Life Series:\u00a0Honnori Sweet Onnanoko no Fuku (Girl’s Clothes with a touch of sweet) by Yuki Araki ISBN978-4-529-04951-1 Publisher: Nihon Vogue A Sunny Spot: Oshare de Kawaii Onnanoko no Fuku (Stylish and Cute Girl’s Clothes) by Mayuko Murata ISBN978-4-529-04894-1 Publisher: Nihon Vogue Kantan Sukkiri Onnanoko Fuku Otokonoko Fuku (Quick and Easy Girls’ and Boys’ Clothes) by Polka Drops ISBN978-4-529-04837-8 Publisher: Nihon Vogue *********************************************************************** FAVORITES 1\u00a0| 2\u00a0| 3\u00a0| 4\u00a0| 5\u00a0| 6 These are my favorite ones – I love them all, but I’m drawn to the patterns in these books the most. They’re all simple designs, but I like that many of them have subtle unexpected details like angled pockets on a tunic or a knit top with ruched sides seams. Ultimately most of the books have at least a few patterns that are so similar to ones in other books as to be interchangeable, but I get these books for styling inspiration as well, so I don’t mind the duplication. I get all my books from Kinokuniya here in Seattle. I find that the Nihon Vogue books by Yuki Araki have more advanced techniques compared to others, which I am liking more and more. For a beginner testing out the waters of Japanese patterns, I think the first four listed (in the beginning of the post, at the top) have the easiest patterns. By the way, the English translations in the parentheses are approximations that I came up with and I included the phonetic representation of the Japanese titles because isn’t it fun to know what they’re supposed to sound like? No? Goodness, this turned out much longer than I meant it to be! Are you as addicted to Japanese pattern books as I am? Let’s commiserate…  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2487","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sewing-resources","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2487"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2501,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2487\/revisions\/2501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}