In Vancouver, I happened upon a great bookstore (Sohpia Books at Hastings and Granville) with a whole bookshelf full of beautiful japanese craft books. I’ve been drooling over everyone else’s for so long, I could have bought about 50, but I managed to restrain myself to just one, which is really all I could afford. But I’m really happy with the one I chose.

I know I’ve seen it posted somewhere before (anyone know where?), but can’t seem to find it now, so I’ve just posted a few of my own photos for you to peek at. The book itself seems to be published in partnership with Clover, the quilting notions company, because there seems to be a lot of information about quilting tools, which I of course can’t read. Kind of a shame, it looks interesting, but the pictures are enough for me. You can take a closer look on flickr too….

I love this notions tray. I’ve had fabric boxes on my project list for ages…

Sweet placemats….

Love the colors in these potholders….

Apron (similar to the one in the ds book, I think) and some kind of sleeve protectors? Awesome…

Ummmmm…. patchwork bags….