A few months ago I travelled up to Melbourne with my lovely and my toddler to the CBD and visited Tessuti Fabrics (we did do other things, but lets face it - visiting Tessuti was pretty exciting!). They stock a range of Japanese pattern books. They are such simple clothes with clean-lines and a lovely minimalist edge to them that really appeals.
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This pattern worked so well, I think I'll move on to the pants pattern with pockets. I've never made pants with pockets, but Novita, the author of one of my fav blogs, Very Purple Person, has a great tutorial on sewing pants with pockets, so it should be really straight forward.
But next...onto sewing a simple t-shirt p.j. top to go with the red pants. I'll post a photo when I've finished.
Happy sewing!