Apron

Kids, why not sew a simple apron for mother or father?

The unit is centimeter. 1 cm is 0.4 inches.


Cut a rectangle cloth. Remove 2 corners.
Stitch the lower hem.
Fold the lower hem for pockets.
Stitch around.

Make holes and attach eyelet rings.
Pass through cords.


This is iron transfer print.


This has a patched pocket.


The reverse.

Fake Bunka doll

I have made several Bunka dolls.
Strictly speaking, they are not Bunka dolls.



Bunka doll is traditional thing.
There is the orthodox way on Bunka doll making.
Genuine Bunka doll's body is hard. Its clothes and bonnet are sewed to the body.

My Bunka dolls are soft. They are, as it were, enlarged "mini doll".
I use irregular method. I must not open it to the public.

You are free to make one in your own way.
Bunka doll has a characteristic face.
Whatever doll that has such features may be called Bunka doll (in broad sense).

Trash mountain

Materials for stuffed animals are expensive.
So more often than not, I make some trial things with cheap fabric. This is important process.

They are funny. I have no talent, but endeavour.

Maybe cats.


Not whippet. It was Kishu dog.


Dying horse.


Flying squirrel, hamsters, ermine, ferret head, rabbits.


During making one in practice, I alter the pattern again and again.
When it is done, the pattern is broken, or there are lots of fragments of ex-patterns.
I don't care. Because I hardly make the same thing.

Heads of Newfoundland and Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.

Newfoundland has been done, but still has problems.

Addition (3/23):
I use flannelet or polyester fleece for those experiments.