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Nippori Fabric Shopping | February 2018

February 6, 2018 By Chie

Nippori fabric shopping!

I went to Tomato yesterday to pick up some fabrics. In this short video (4:44), I’m showing you what I got and my plans for them!

Khaki twill → high waisted straight legged cropped pants (style inspiration)
Salmon lining → to be used for this salmon two piece set
Plaid cotton → thinking of making in the same style as this wrap dress.
1 way stretch satin in ivory → lining for a wedding dress

Watch video here

Hope you’ll like the video and are encouraged to sew yourself! Please feel free to comment to let me know if you have any questions or requests.

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Tokyo Bloggers Fabric Shopping Meet-up

July 21, 2013 By Chie

When I met Angela at the Etsy Craft Party in June, she suggested that we do the Tokyo bloggers meet-up. I’ve seen the NYC sewing bloggers do it and was envious of that, so I thought it was a great idea! Last Saturday, four of us – Angela of Sake Puppets, Inna of Thewallinna and Frances of Miss Matatabi met up in Nippori fabric district. I’ve vlogged here about Nippori in the past, but it is my favorite place to shop fabrics.

From left – Angela, Inna and me. I love we all wore something we made! I wore these new pants I made along with handmade bustier and refashioned crochet top. I didn’t buy much that day compared to other days – some days, I buy rolls and have them ship the fabrics to my home so I don’t have to carry them back on the train. The next day shipping cost is only about 600 yen (6 bucks) so I find it is totally worth it. I bought this great city scraper picture print fabric, silk satin for silk painting, and bunch of trouser fabrics on sale to make more palazzo pants.

After that, we stopped at Zakuro, a Persian restaurant for lunch. It is in the other side of the Nippori station against the fabric district. The other side is called “Yanaka Ginza”, and all the small zakka shops and eat-ins are worth checking out. Also if you like cats, there are lot of cats hanging out in Yanaka Ginza.

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Video: Hong Kong Fabric Shopping

October 16, 2012 By Chie

As I mentioned earlier last week, I had a chance to visit the fabric district in Hong Kong last month. Here are some photos and video of the place. The video was edited by Andy, which explains the captions..

I referred to the Traveller’s Yarn‘s blog post as a guide. As suggested in the post, I got off at Sham Shui Po station and looked for Ki Lung street. The Hong Kong fabric district is massive! It’s not even comparable to the Nippori fabric district. I hope to visit the place again in the future….not during a national holiday!