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Kiyoko Terao interrupted her career as a Tokyo seamstress to come to Seattle, temporarily in 1959, …

David Yamaguchi • June 6, 2021

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I want some Japanese fabric too!

I was deeply moved when I read the story of Mia Nakaji Monier, which was published in Discover Nikk…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Oct. 7, 2016

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Sewing Lessons

My mom and I discovered the Japanese fabric store together two years ago. Under a blue awning, in a…

Mia Nakaji Monnier • Sept. 21, 2016

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Wabi-Sabi Stitches: Sanae Ishida’s Path to Sewing Happiness

“I’d like to think that this isn’t your typical sewing book,” says Nikkei…

Tamiko Nimura • May 11, 2016

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Thread of Life: Strength, Survival, and a Singer Sewing Machine

“Objects have the longest memories of all; beneath their stillness they are alive with the …

Sharon Yamato • April 9, 2015

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Kiyoko Terao, Early Shin-Issei

I want some Japanese fabric too!

Sewing Lessons

Wabi-Sabi Stitches: Sanae Ishida’s Path to Sewing Happiness

Thread of Life: Strength, Survival, and a Singer Sewing Machine