The best thing about being part of the Gifted exhibition is that I’ve had to buy more amazing fabrics so that I would have twenty different purses. Etsy really is a wonder for this. I can’t remember what I was searching for but I found lots of new cute fabric sellers setting up shop. It seems Japanese fabric is a bit of a craze these days. Anyway, Chocolate Swirl had some lovely fabrics I hadn’t seen before, and they were pretty cheap too so I gave them a go, ordering the two above for the exhibition and some cute goldfish to make a gift for my sister.

Chocolate Swirl is based in San Francisco and they stock a huge range of Japanese craft books on sewing, felting, toys, beading etc. as well as some fabrics, tapes and supplies. The fabrics turned up pretty quick and are just as lovely in real life. Above is a bunny purse for the exhibition and a tissue holder for my sister. So, go have a look >>

If I wasn’t going to Tokyo in three weeks, I’d be severely tempted to pick up one of these books. So cute!

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Posted by Marceline Smith on Friday, September 21st, 2007 at 9:47 pm in Japan, Shopping.