5th Nov 2015
Inspiration: Claudette Colbert
A dear customer posted an image to our Facebook page recently. Would it be possible to make her one? Claudette Colbert, filming The Palm Beach Story, 1942 It’s a stunning and improbable d…
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23rd Oct 2015
Featured Garment: Undies
I am not a fan of underwear. Unfortunately, I am also not a fan of going commando. So, for years I wore uncomfortable undies. Too tight, too loose, too high-waisted. Don’t even talk to me about thongs…
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13th Oct 2015
Shirt Happens
One of the great things about our design process is that it’s collaborative. We can make a sample, edit it quickly, photograph it and find out what you think immediately. We thought we’d show you h…
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10th Oct 2015
A Fabric Evolution
When Ureshii first came about, Emily knew she wanted to work with jersey/knit fabric. She looked for something that would take a stitch nicely, drape beautifully, and be readily available in a rain…
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27th Sep 2015
Featured Garment: Scoop Shell & Ramblings
Brief hiatus from posting, my apologies :D The kids are back into the school routine and we are all caught up on sewing. This is such a fun place to be, a little bit of time to toss new (and old) i…
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19th Aug 2015
Featured Garment: Sweetheart Top
Speaking of sweethearts, my baby sister was here for three weeks, and I have been a terrible slacker. Seriously, she is the best sister. Doing the minimum sewing necessary felt like a…
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8th Aug 2015
Featured Garment: Pants
Pants. Ever since I started making pants that weren’t for myself, I’ve had Pants Trauma. This is why (to some people’s dismay) we didn’t lower the prices on pants during the great price drop of 201…
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30th Jul 2015
Featured Garment: Momo Top
This week we’re featuring the Momo Top, one of our not-so-secret favourites. Momo is Japanese for peach, and we were thinking *peaches* because of the sneaky cleavage factor. The neckline is mostly mo…
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22nd Jul 2015
Sailor Nostalgia
In last week’s post about the Flowy Skirt, Amanda mentioned a time when I was focussed on flexibility of fit and minimizing the number of seams in a garment. At the time I was working alone, and selli…
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15th Jul 2015
Featured Garment: Flowy Skirt
The Flowy Skirt is one of the first styles Ureshii offered, way back in 2008. At the time, Emily was intrigued by elegant patterns that had the absolute minimum number of pieces and seams. A circle…
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24th Sep 2014
Twitter Made Me Do It
We spend a lot of time on Twitter. We joined in January 2009, because it was the latest cool social media thing to do (or so the Etsy forums said). And, hey – we felt immediately comforta…
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1st Sep 2014
Coverstitching Everything!
Labour day is here! Looks like we managed to work our way through another summer. Every year we get better at managing work and kids, or maybe the kids just get better at feeding themselves :P…
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