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New Publication for Crafters

September 6, 2015 by Hitomi / 0 Comment
The Crafter's Guide to Patterns

Earlier this year, I received a copy of this book “The Crafter’s Guide to Patterns”. It’s written by Jessica Swift, a talented artist and pattern designer from Portland, Oregon USA. I’m truly honored to be…

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Miscellaneous

New cards with patterns

April 29, 2014 by Hitomi / 0 Comment
MOO business cards

I love MOO. The printing company offers excellent service and their “Printfinity” technology gives me pleasure to make things.

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Sewing

Go into details

April 26, 2014 by Hitomi / 0 Comment

The other day, I got a roll of bleached cotton cloth so decided to make some tea towels with it. I sewed the both ends with decorative stitches and trimmed away the edges. All the…

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Miscellaneous

New year gift from Seoul

December 28, 2013 by Hitomi / 0 Comment

Yesterday I received an international parcel from Plus X – a leading design studio based in Seoul, Korea. Apart from brand designing they produce mobile accessories like iPhone cases, some of which carry my pattern…

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Sketchbook

This is what’s in my head

August 20, 2013 by Hitomi / 0 Comment

I almost always carry this little note pad with me and I write down ideas, thoughts, doodles, quotes, to-dos, shopping list, anything that come up to my mind. I even take it when I have…

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Projects

New home textiles

August 10, 2013 by Hitomi / 1 Comment

New home textile products are now on sale from Belle Maison. I designed “animal themed” patterns for the first time…!

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Knit

Knitting on knitting machine

August 9, 2013 by Hitomi / 2 Comments

I’ve been knitting mainly beanie hats recently and feel I’m getting good at it :) Learning to machine knit is such a slow process and I need a lot of patience but finished products make…

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Weave

Colourway experiment and yarn wrap

June 21, 2013 by Hitomi / 0 Comment

I’ve been looking for nice colourways and thought, I could spend a whole day doing this. And I also tried knitting using one of those colour combinations but it ended up a disaster, which will…

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Knit

New yarn and new colour

June 18, 2013 by Hitomi / 2 Comments

Last week I received a box full of colourful yarn to be added to my colour palette and for my experiment of new colourways. It’s so exciting to have a variety of colours and just…

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Knit

New collection – knitted cushion covers

May 25, 2013 by Hitomi / 7 Comments

A new collection of knitted and printed cushion covers is available from my Etsy shop.

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Events

Textiles Craft Show

February 21, 2013 by Hitomi / 0 Comment

http://textilefabrics.jp/ I’ll participate in a textiles craft show in Machida, Tokyo this weekend. I’ll be there not as an exhibitor  but speaking about my work and path to become a pattern designer in an interview…

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Events

New Curtain & Covers from Belle Maison

February 13, 2013 by Hitomi / 0 Comment

New curtain and covers are available from Belle Maison online shop. Photos: Senshukai  

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