Her name is Miyu

Hello.
She is Miyu. We decided her name 5 days after her birth.
I love this wear very much. It's a gift from a reader, thank you very much.


These are what I sewed for her.

A vest and pants.

And dresses.

They all are from a sewing book.
->http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/switch-language/product/4579109961/ref=dp_change_lang?ie=UTF8&language=en_JP
The patterns are simple and beautiful. I love the book.

Today she cried a lot and I wrapped her in the blanket what I made for her. She likes this style.

See you!

Thank you very much for your comments!

I'm very happy with my little Tomato.
She eats very well and is getting bigger every day.


This is a mobile what I made for her before her birth.

I also sewed some dresses for her. Next time, I'll show them.

I'm sorry for my short post...

She is here!!!!

Tomato is here now!
She was born on August 18, 2 hours after I felt the first weak pain on my bed. It was so quick and easy delivery!

Now I'm busy with her so I cannot post for a while. But we both are very happy and doing well.
Thank you very much for you all!
See you (* v *)!!!!

Bed rest...

Hello!
The day after I post the previous article, I went to the doctor.
I and the baby are doing well but I'm threatened premature delivery so the doctor told me to stay on the bed all the day...
Then I stay on the bed(actually Japanese futon) almost all the day. My husband cooks or gets food for me(The pictures are what he cooked for me these days).

Yesterday I went to the doctor again and they told me it's OK now. I'm still with Tomato in my belly. Now she gets more than 2500 g and we are at 36th week now.

Because of these days, I could enjoy my time with Tomato every day. I always feel her moving.
I thank my husband very much. Whenever he comes back from his hard work, he says to me "Thank you very much for doing well with Tomato". I'm happier to hear it than what he does for me.

I got many e-mails and comments from you and they cheer me up. I'm sorry for my late reply but I always thank you very much.
I'm sorry if I cannot write for a while after I give birth.

Mai (* v *)!!!!

Beautiful gifts and a baby blanket

These days I got some beautiful gifts from other countries.
One is a beautiful rebozo from a customer in the U.S. It's a beautiful fabric to carry a baby.

I'm learning how to use it watching youtube video.


And I got a beautiful package from Macedonia. The parcel is decorated with beautiful flower printed fabric pieces (* v *).

I found beautiful scarves, bird shaped toy and a beautiful card.

I love the patterns on the scarves. They are so cute.
I'm thinking how I use these beautiful scarves. I'd like to use them for my Tomato.

I'm too happy to get such beautiful things from people who I met through this blog and my shop. All I can do is to continue this blog and my shop as long as possible.
Thank you very much again (* v *)!!!!


These days it's too hot and I cannot work a lot. But I made a cotton blanket for my Tomato. It's made out of Japanese cotton double gauze and it's so soft and light.


I'll be 10th months pregnant next week. I had almost no trouble till now (* v *).
But when I went out for a walk in the very hot afternoon(2 hours walk), I felt sick. It was too hard for me...
After that I go for a shopping in the early morning or evening.

I enjoy the last month of pregnancy with my big belly.
See you (* v *)!!!!

For sweat on the back

Hello.
Today I went to the doctor. Now I'm on 33th week and we're doing very well.

I made these pads for the back for Tomato(my baby).


I don't know how to call it in English... It's famous in Japan and I made them with a pattern of a crafter's blog.
http://arunsnote.xrea.jp/log/eid116.html


You can download the pattern from this link.
http://arunsnote.xrea.jp/dlc/download.cgi?name=08asetori.pdf


I made it with cotton double gauze(double layer) and a little piece of cotton for the collar.
I'll put it in the back of the baby leaving the collar outside. And after the baby sweat a lot, I can remove it just pulling the collar.
http://item.rakuten.co.jp/yotuba/qo2a-scp11/#qo2a-scp11


And I sewed some new bibs for her too.

I have only a small piece of cotton waffle fabric so I should have put other cotton.


Last weekend I went to Tokyo to see my friends of high school.
They gave me a set of this glass as a wedding gift. The red drink inside is what I made with Japanese red basil. It's very good for me because it has much Calcium, Kalium, Vitamin etc...


It's getting hotter and hotter these days, but I move well and sew more items for my baby (* v *)!!!!
See you!

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.