I don’t know where I’ve been for all these months, but I only recently discovered that whipup’s own Maitreya has been keeping an amazing blog with all kind of resources about Japanese craft books called Crafting Japanese. She’s got a guide to ordering from amazon japan, links to resources like Kinokuniya Bookstores, and indexes of images from craft books as well as the projects that people have completed from the books. Wow!
Also, the Inspiring Craft Books flickr pool has hundreds of images from craft books, japanese and others, that holds tons of inspiration.
I could spend a lot of time drooling over the beautiful japanese vintage fabric like these at Kitty craft.
Also, recently Jan at Be*mused has posted a gallery of pictures from her trip to the Tokyo quilt festival. Lucky gal, and generous of her to share them with us!
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If you happen to be in Seattle, the local Kinokuniya is having a craft book sale through March… here’s the link. I suspect I will have to go check that out. :)
Love the link to kitty-craft! I really want to order a bunch of fabric from the website, but I’m confused. I’ve never ordered from a website in South Korea and I can’t tell if the price is according to a quarter of a yard. So, if I want one yard of fabric, I will be multiplying the price by four?
I’m used to website being priced by the yard or meter. Is that only true in the US?
If anyone from whipup can enlighten me, I’d love to know!
Love your site!
I just recently started to enjoy japanese crafting & books. Thanks for links.
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