New fabrics for me and Tomato

I went to Yuzawaya last week and got some new fabrics for me and Tomato.

These Yuwa fabrics are for our skirts.


And these check fabrics are for our dresses. With the rest of the dresses, I want to sew an underwear for my husband (* v *). (He is too shy to wear similar clothes)


Today I finished pants for Tomato and my sister's newborn boy. The purple one is for Tomato. They're from a pattern of a Japanese book.


The flower printed white fabric is Japanese cotton double gauze. It's so soft.
I made my tunic with the yellow fabric several years ago and it's very comfortable. So I chose it for my sister's baby.

I'm doing well and my belly getting bigger and bigger(Even though I gained only 3 kg).
I'm thinking of healthy food every day. This is a lunch of a day.

Miso soup, dried fish, Japanese pickles, cooked pumpkin and rice. They are very Japanese dishes. I didn't use any oil for them so they are very light.
We enjoyed this lunch a lot but there is a problem.
These Japanese dishes has too much salt... Especially Miso soup and fish and pickles were very salty. So I cannot eat only Japanese style dishes.

See you (* v *)!!!!

Zipper pouch and rug

Hello.
Some people asked me about the patterns what I used for my previous post.
One is from kokka.
http://www.kokka.co.jp/so-ing/sewing/pdf/2010/clothesbaby.pdf
They have lots of cute patterns.
http://www.kokka.co.jp/so-ing/sewing/index.html

And the other one is from this blog.
http://chikuchikuhappy.seesaa.net/article/103107862.html
The pattern is this PDF.
http://chikuchikuhappy.up.seesaa.net/image/greco_rompers_recipe.pdf
Please print it out in 200% scale.

I'm sorry they both are written in Japanese only...

These days I couldn't work so hard because of the heat, humidity and my big 　belly. My tomato moves a lot and now weigh approx. 3.7 pounds (1700g) now.

I made a pouch to bring her diapers.
This is from a famous pattern in Japan.

http://www.peachmade.com/NewFiles/topics_21/top.html
I made one several years ago for my sister and liked the pattern.
At the bottom of this page, you can see the "START" button to see the how-to and the link to download the how-to and pattern.


I also made a small rug for my bath room with fabrics.
I ripped some fabrics into long strip and crocheted it. My hands got tired after the work but I liked it very much.


These are petit gifts for my friends from high school.
They are very simple and easy to make. I enjoyed choose the leather and fabrics thinking of them (* v *)!!!

New shirts for my baby

It began rainy season here. For about one month, it will rain a lot.


I made three shirts for my Tomato.
These two shirts are from my and my husband's old shirts. When we were preparing our moving, we found lots of old clothes but couldn't throw them away. So I reserved them for remake.
They are soft because we used them for years, and so, good for baby (* v *).


And this white shirt is from cotton waffle knit what I got at SWANY. I got a big piece of it, so now I think of what I make with it next.

For me, I made this potholder.

I put my old towel in it. I put batting in my old pot holders but as time goes, they got thinner. So this time I put double layer of thick bath towel.


These days I got lots of e-mails every day from all over the world. I'm replying them one by one, but I need long time to write emails in English... So please forgive my late reply. I'm really happy to talk with you through this blog and e-mails.

See you (* v *)!!!!

Kamakura, sea and beautiful Hydrangea

Yesterday we visited Kamakura. I love there because of the beach and some beautiful temples.

We went to the beach at first and took lunch (what I cooked in the morning). It was hot day and many people were enjoying in the sea.


Then we walked to Hase temple.


It's famous of Hydrangea. I love the flower a lot (* v *)!!!!



But the temple is in the mountain and I had to climb a lot to see them.


This is the sight from the highest point. At the noon, we were at the beach over there... We walked a lot!


My husband took lots of pictures to show Tomato in the future.


I hope she likes the flowers as we do.


We walked quite a lot so I took a nap after we got home.
When I woke up, I couldn't find my husband. He went out shopping for me.

It was a very happy day for me (* v *). We'll go to Kamakura again after the birth of Tomato.

Kimono style baby wear and baby quilt

Hello.
Today I took a cooking class for pregnant women. (I forgot to bring my camera so I couldn't take any pictures.) Some women don't like celery but I love it a lot, so I ate six dishes(small dishes!) for them (* v *).

The picture is jelly of green tea. Sometimes I cook desert what my husband likes (* v *).

Oh, I finished the kimono style baby wear for my Tomato.

When I started sewing it, I didn't know which gender my baby is, and I chose the fabric for Kimono for both genders.
Now I know my baby is a girl(maybe), so I made the belt with pink fabric (* v *).


I also finished the baby quilt.

I hand quilted it singing songs for Tomato (* v *). She will relax with it.


I appliqued an elephant and tulips on it.


Then I made a small bird toy with a bell in it. I made it with cotton waffle knit fabric so it appeared a little strange shape...

I'll make some more toys for her.

Oh, now Tomato kicked strongly!!!! My due date is August 24th and now I'm at the beginning of 8th month.
Good night. (It's 23:30 in Japan now).