Laurence King really has cornered the market on these cute little sewing books, haven’t they?
Their newest offering, Sweet Dress Book by Yoshiko Tsukiori, is just as saccharine as the title suggests. Beautifully photographed (guys, there is a FLUFFY CAT in like half the pictures omgomg) and illustrated, the book includes 6 patterns and enough variations to make a total of 23 different outfits.
Each pattern incorporates a different technique – french sleeve, no darts, straight-cut, pants and playsuits, raglan sleeve, and with darts – and has three variations to make a full range of clothing. This being a Japanese pattern book, the instructions are laid out differently than standard sewing patterns – there is a list of steps and a numbered illustration (or two, or three!) to show how everything goes together. I don’t think the patterns in this book are nearly as complicated as the ones in Drape Drape – a confident beginner should be able to navigate their way through these.
While the patterns in the book aren’t necessarily my cup of tea, style-wise, it’s still really fun to flip through for inspiration. The model is freakin gorgeous and I love the way the letters are illustrated to look like ribbons. Sweet, right? Oh, and the book also includes a recipe for cupcakes. If anything, I will definitely be testing that one out… for science.
Before you go nuts with the credit card, I should mention this book isn’t available to the public just yet. It will hit the market on 8/20!
Laurence King has generously offered an extra copy for one of you lucky peeps, so let’s have a giveaway! If you’d like to enter to win your very own Sweet Dress Book, simply leave a comment on this post and let me know your favorite sweet. This giveaway is open worldwide and I will close the comments next Monday, 8/19, at 9 AM CST.
Good luck!
GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED
LLADYBIRD 
Ooooh! I would love to win, the book looka great!
Lauren, I love your blog, btw. Keep it up!
My favourite sweet – chocolate. In (almost) every variation.
Count me in! My favorite sweet must be cupcakes (can’t stop thinking about them now as you’ve mentioned them… damn)
And thanks for this opportunity š
my favourite sweet? oh gosh that is like choosing between children!!!! I LOVE cookie dough… and popsicles… and gummi bears… oh and I’d be rude to leave out cake… and ice cream. poor ice cream being left out.
This book looks beautiful! Good review too! I have Yoshiko Tsukiori’s “A Stylish Dress” and it has to be one of my favourite sewing books. I just love the simplicity of the patterns. Count me in for sure. My favourite sweet has to be either a sherbet lemon or a chocolate eclair depending on the mood. Ooo just thinking about chocolate eclairs right now actually, Yummy. xx
Sweetees? MMMMMmmm I love brownies and date squares. The book looks fun!
I’ve had my eyes on this darling book. I make a tasty turtle cake that I MUST have every year for my birthday. YUMS! š
Oh, this book looks wonderful.
I would so love to win a copy!
I have one of her other book and love it, and would rely like this it seems just as beautiful as mine. My favorite sweet is homemade vaniljkola or salt lakris.
Oh cool giveaway! I love Japanese sewing (and knitting!!) books. My favourite sweet… hm, tough one. I’ve been craving cheesecake lately..
Aww! I love the pattern II dress in gray with the pockets š My favorite sweet would have to be cream puffs, especially if you buy them frozen and only thaw them halfway!
Yay…thanks for the giveaway. So hmm….a favorite sweet….that’s hard to pick just one. I think I would have to say simple birthday cake. I love it!
Hands down, my favorite sweet is a cupcake with lots of icing.
Ice cream, definitely ice cream. I love that blouse with the capelet for sleeves!
I love the red one on the cover…so perfect for hot days and fitting hot brides in their dresses!
looks like a fantastic book, full of lovely easy to wear shapes.
Sticky toffee pudding for me please!
My favourite is chocolate with hazelnuts, lately more dark chocolate than milk chocolate. But really almost everything goes. This book looks interesting and full of ideas.
I love cherry pie! And sewing books š
I can’t choose just one sweet!
This like this book already! My favourite sweets are M&Ms, that’s chocolate… Skittles then!
Chocolate. I would sacrifice my child for chocolate if you caught me at the right moment.
Oh, how I love Japanese sewing books, they’re always so darling (and so easy!). My favorite sweet is anything with peanut butter cups in it š
I have two of their books and would love to have this one! I guess my favorite sweet is probablyl ice cream although you have me thinking about cupcakes now too š
What a great book … Thanks for the chance to win …
My favorite sweets is peanut butter cups, since I eat lots of the I usually just make them myself instead of buying …
First things first. I love ice cream but I think I wouldn’t be able to live without a dense and very plain pound cake with real ingredients. Also: yeast cinnamon buns.
I do hope you’re feeling better.
My favorite sweet would have to be ice cream. But I do love me some cupcakes! š
I know those clothes aren’t at all you (and I love your style) but oh they are mine, I’d really like the book! My favourite pudding is creme caramel, oh yummmmmy and my favourite candy is a hard candy specific (I think) to the UK, rhubarb and custard. http://www.mrsimmsoldesweetshoppe.co.uk/index.php/boiled-sweets/rhubarb-and-custard-100g-detail
Caramel is my favorite sweet, thanks for the giveway!
My favorite sweet would hands down be cinnamon rolls with cream cheese based icing. mmmmmm
Fave sweet is Pecan Pie.
If we’re talking sweet as in dessert then definitely pavlova. Yum. If we’re talking sweet as in sweeties I do have a fondness for haribo ….
I think it would have to be cheesecake with chocolate sauce. Oh or peach cobbler! Such a cute book!
Oh, what a cute book! For my favourite sweet it’s a tie between chocolate and salt liquorice, yum! š
I think it would have to be cheesecake with chocolate sauce. Oh or peach cobbler! Such a cute book.
Oooh, pattern V, raglan!
Gorgeous, I love the Japanese pattern books & patterns. My favourite sweets of all time are Rainbow Drops. Yum.
Cats and sewing and Japanese? GIMME! That aside these look much more earable than some of the other ones I’ve seen. The blouse in gorgeous.
My favourite sweet thing is fizzy sour laces
Any kind of chocolate! Book looks great…thanks for the giveaway chance.
Apple crumble-warm with ice-cream. Yum! Love your blog.
Fave sweet has to be lemon sherbets! Cute book btw, are you tempted to make anything?
Ice cream – any flavour. Oh I love all tops this book. Thanks for holding this give-away.
Pattern VI with french darts has me interested, though it just makes me think of the Macaron dress. And macarons from Hiroki in Seattle. I’m not into technicolor macarons- just a good old chocolate one with chocolate ganache. Oooo.
I taught myself to sew using Japanese pattern books! I would love to win this… My favorite sweet is a jar of Nutella.
Any combination of chocolate and peanut butter. I can’t behave responsibly around such things.
Cuteness! These books are exactly my style. I own one Japanese pattern mook still in Japanese, and I have to say that even untranslated they are totally usable. I love the step by step, diagram/photo heavy approach they take. Plus the body build they’re designed for seems to suit mine, as US patterns are usually waaaay too wide across the body.
It’s too bad our local bookstore appears to have only bought surplus back issues for super cheap and doesn’t actually regularly sell them. Mine is from 2009, and no new stock in sight. :<
Fangirling aside, my favorite sweet is puto! It's a kind of rice cake. Soooo good with cheese.
My favorite sweet right now is a drink I had a a local pub/brewery/distillery that was fresh citrus juices with maraschino liqueur and rum. MMMmmmm.
Did you deliberately choose a difficult question, or do I have too many favourite sweets? š I think I’ll have to say chocolate coated caramels or toffee of some kind. The books looks absolutely gorgeous and if I don’t win it I might just buy it when it comes out. ^^
My favourite sweet is DARK CHOCOLATE!!! These patterns seem totally my style!
Oh, this book is so cute! I have a huge sweet tooth. My favorite sweets would have to be key lime truffles.
My favourite sweets are apple cables! And I love the look of this book!!
Believe it or not Hershey sugar free chocolate !!! Enjoy !!! š Love the book. I just might be able to sew something i can wear out of the house. Lol. TY
Chocolate chip cookies!
So it’s a dress pattern book, with a kitty, and a cupcake recipe?! Someone in the Japanese publishing world has been reading my mind. Eery!
My favourite sweet is any kind of baked cakey thing; I am a total sucker for sweet breads. Thanks for hosting this! : )
I’d love to enter into the draw. One of my Stylish Dress Books includes a recipe for cookies. I have yet to try that out though.
Icecream (any flavor)!
I’ve been wanting to try a Japanese sewing book and it would be fun to win my first one.
Thanks for such a great giveaway! Great cover, great designs, kitties… only thing missing, my fav dessert – a slice of lemon cake!
Ooh, this book looks awesome! I love cute flowy dresses. My favourite sweet would have to be a huge calorie bomb of vanilla(cake, ice cream-really not picky) with caramel and white chocolate. and blackcurrant candies. With a side of cheesecake.
Hot damn, I’m addicted to these books! Can’t wait to get my hands on this one. Favorite sweet: red velvet cupcakes
I would love to win the book. My favorite sweet is pattern II and choclate :).
Chocolate fudge! this looks like a nicesewing book I would love to win.
Hands-down, my favorite sweet is my grandfather’s key lime pie. Yum. Adorable book!
My favourite sweet is cookies! Get that from my Granddad š
mIne is a sort of pear mousse with… hot chocolate sauce (homemade for sure )
my favorite sweet is Haagen DAzs pineapple coconut ice cream
I love fluffy puffy cats!!! and I love CrĆØme Brulee! Hence i would love this book…
I’d love to win the copy of this book! My favorite sweet is definitely ice cream!
Xx,
Zhenya
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macarons!!! yes. i’m super intrigued by japanese sewing books but i fear i’d look like i’d be wearing a potato sack in one of those designs…. but a cupcake recipe in a sewing book? i LIKE that!
My fave sweet is a Canadian creation called moose tracks ice cream!! Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
Warm brownies and vanilla bean ice cream! What a cute little book!
My favourite is Werther’s Original I can eat a whole bag of these in one sitting (and I have).
I would love a copy of this book! I don’t eat much dessert anymore since I went vegan (it’s been one year this month!), but my favorite sweet is chocolate brownie almond say ice cream by So Delicious. Kind of expensive but so worth it.
Nice pattern book! I haven’t tried a Japanese pattern book yet, but I’d love the challenge. Favorite sweet?? Great rice pudding or bread pudding.
I would love this book! My favorite sweets are double fudge cream cheese brownies. Yum!
My favorite sweet is oatmeal cookies. Also, what kind of cat consents to being held and photographed like that?!
Ice cream is my favorite sweet – rum raisin, chocolate chip mint, etc. I have several Japanese knitting books I love – though I’ve only ever knit one garment (twice) from them – the famous Am Kamin sweater. The pictures look so beautiful and so carefully made and peaceful.
Sherbet fountains!
ok I have a really sweets tough so I’m choosing two Palma violets and Reeces Peanut butter cakes although technically candies in the states so I get to pick a third plum crumble nigella style with lots of custard
Warm from the oven chocolate chip cookies with walnuts….
This book looks adorable and I’d love to win a copy!
I’d probably say that my favorite sweets would be dark chocolate truffles, those kinds with the creamy filling and that have powdered cocoa on the outside. My more down to earth self has to mention chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream as a favorite too, though. š
Such a cute book!
My favorite sweet? Gummy bears. Especially the red ones š
Gimme a pecan pie. Now!
Chocolate Cake is my fave. Thanks for the chance to win.
I allways wantes one of these! I am so in! š I think my favourit sweet must be chokolate. All kinds!
What a cute book! I love my aunty’s energy bars — I can eat the entire recipe in one go!
Pick me!! š Because I have found something so good it’s incredible! Try these, and don’t forget the salt. Deeeeeeeelicious!!!!
http://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/2012/10/easy-5-ingredient-fudgy-nutella-cookies-with-sea-salt/
I’d love a copy! Count me in. My favourite sweet….chocolate brownies! YUM!
The fabric used for the cover blouse is so pretty!
My favorite sweet is my grandmother’s fruit dumplings!
I love banana pudding…and your blog š
OMG!I love this book!My favourite sweet?My banana icecream!!!!
Ohh, I love Japanese dress books! I’ve either seen this one or one very similar to it around, the silhouettes are so lovely. I also like that they have variations, I tend to tweak patterns to include variations as I make them, so it’s nice if an option already exists for what I want to do (especially since my on-the-fly edits don’t work half the time…). My favorite sweet is Marzipan! Especially if it’s covered in chocolate or shaped like a small fruit š
oh, I am such a huge japanese pattern fan… I would love to be included in the give away… and if I don’t win, I will drown my sorrows in avocado, banana and honey smoothies!
That last one has a bit of a caped Sherlock Holmes in a giant dollop of frosting feeling that I rather enjoy. And even though I’ve entered approximately 800 contests for this publisher I’ve not yet to actually WIN one of these books and I am nighty curious about their famed instructions….
Hmm favourite sweets.. Its a difficult battle between chocolate and sour sweets! I think chocolate wins.. Please count me in for the give away, I would love to try another japanese book, Ive only tried patterns from Drape Drape..
Easy: peanut butter chocolate chunk cookies. And I’m off sugars right now so I would literally kill someone for one. š
That looks like a great book and because the patterns are so simple they would be easy to personalize and reshape. My favorite sweet is a peanut butter cookie, or dark chocolate.
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I just love these books. Thanks for the great giveaway.
Oh that’s easy! For biking and hiking – Sour Jelly Snakes from the Natural Confectionery Company, for running – Bassetts Jelly Babies, for sitting down with a cup of tea (spot the Brit) – anything from Hotel Chocolat, or macaroons brought home from Paris (him indoors got lots of points for that one)!!
Reese’s Pieces are my favorite sweet! I have always wanted to try a Japanese sewing book!
Such a lovely giveaway! My favourite sweet has to be Percy Pig’s from Marks and Spencer! Could happily eat only them for the rest of my life!
Thanks for the giveaway!
My favourite sweet any made of apple!
Oooooh!!! Me me me!!! Haha, this book is so beautiful. I love all the simple lines. Hmmmm, I think my favourite sweet would have to be nectarine ice cream. I know its not technically a sweet but it is sweet! There’s a new ice cream bar in Edinburgh making it – Mary’s Milk Bar. It’s amazing!
Mmmmm… Mint choc chip ice cream if you mean desserts, Parma Violets if you mean sweets (purple, sort of fizzy sweets, like powdered Lifesavers) :0)
The book looks beautiful! My favourite sweet is definitely pavlova with fresh berries.
Jelly babies every time for me š really cute book!
I love sweets…definitely a TimTam straw! So indulgent!
Book looks amazing…thanks for the review.
Please enter me the giveaway!
And I love EVERYTHING with chocolate! But if I have to chose, I’d probably go for chocolate chip cookies… mmhhh… gotta make some… or maybe blueberry cupcakes?
Such a sweet and cute look to this book, thanks for sharing. If I had to choose a favorite sweet, I think I would go for the Fruit Salad and Black Jacks penny chews I used to get at the corner shop when I was a child, in a plain paper bag with the corners twisted. I never feel such joy these days as I did handing over my pennies and holding my hand out for my bag of penny chews.
Brownies. BOOM! That book needs to be mine š
I is a lovely book. I was checking it out, but if I can win it, that would be even better š
I love these pattern books! I’ve used the children’s one and the patterns are so simple and beautiful, my favourite sweet would have to be pavlova with strawberries and passionfruit!
I love the look if this book! My favourite sweets are flying saucers and beer bottles!
I don’t know that I can choose one. I have such a sweet tooth! Maybe Laffy Taffy, or Dr. Pepper.
York Peppermint Patties, yum yum!
Omg I love these books! I have the Stylish Dress Book and I just LOVE it!! My faaavorite sweet (and it’s HARD to narrow it down) has got to be cupcakes, particularly peanut butter & chocolate OR funfetti… or strawberry shortcake! š
Oh goodness, where do I begin with my favorite sweet?! If we’re talking store-bound I’m a HUGE sucker for golden oreos. Homemade? My mom’s applesauce spice cake.
OMG I love the organza top with the ties… pattern V I think, and the shirred jumpsuit! CUTE! Please enter me in the giveaway!
I am becoming obsessed with these books. Custard ice cream is my favorite sweet thing, but the “without darts” top would be my first project from this book.
I want a free sewing book with a cupcake recipe and fluffy kitties on every page! Pick me!
I would love to win this book! My favorite sweet- chocolate chip ice cream with peanut butter cup topping. (Oops, does that count as two?)
I would love to get my hands on this book! My favorite sweet is what I just ate… a bunch of chocolate chip cookies!
I would love to win this! Very fun!
Oh cute! I actually don’t like cupcakes or cats, but I love dresses and cheesecake!
I’d love to win this book!
And my favorite sweet is plain vanilla merenque.
Individual dark chocolate self saucing puddings (with real espresso coffee & chunks of bitter chocolate – fresh from the oven of course) with real vanilla bean icecream, a dollop of double cream and scattered with fresh berries – nom nom nom!!
I would love to win! These Japanese sewing books are amazing, and the patterns usually fit me well.
My favorite sweet… I’d have to go with chocolate pudding, I think.
Oreos….God forsaken Oreos. I’d love a copy of this book! Thanks for the review, I’ll keep an eye on it. I’ve never used a Japanese pattern before, so maybe it would be a good place to start:)
This book is perfect with dark chocolate!
Ooh this looks gorgeous. I can’t pick a favorite sweet. I love to bake and I love so many different sweets. Lately though I’ve been going cuckoo for these Martha Stewart Lemon Glazed cookies: http://www.marthastewart.com/315603/glazed-lemon-cookies?search_key=lemon%20glazed%20cookies
Red Velvet BROWNIE with buttercream icing> DO IT, you will eat like 20.
I think it would have to be lemon meringue pie. Or maybe french vanilla cheesecake. Can’t decide. I just love dessert.
Oooh lovely! I’d read it and eat chocolate
I’m a sucker for those “build your own” ice cream shops. The toppings, oh the sweet sweet TOPPINGS!
My new favorite sweet: zucchini cobbler bars. I found them in a blog (Taste & Tell) and have had a plethora of zucchini lately. They’re delicious and even if you aren’t a fan of zucchini…it tastes like apple! š
The book looks great and I liked your review of it!
My fav sweet? Anything that involves chocolate!
Erm…well…gosh i don’t know…erm..okay…baked lemon cheescake..totally decadent but the citrus gives it added zest ;op I would love the book, and the outfits and the cat..if you can mange that…ta!
Love your blog. Would enjoy the book as it is my daughter’s style for sure. Chocolate chocolate chocolate – doesn’t that say it all.
I’m in! Never tried one of these Japanese sewing books before.
Anything chocolate-y fits the bill – right now for some reason it’s Mars Bars…. yuummmMMMMmmmmMM! š
My favorite treat is good old fashion banana pudding!!
When you say sweet I’m guessing any form of pudding or dessert…. Just to widen my choice. Has to be traditional British rice pudding or spotted dick.
Would love this book. My favorite sweet is brown sugar cinnamon toast. A breakfast weakness. Thanks for the chance to win!
Thanks for the giveaway! Would love to win this book. My favourite sweet would have to be chocolate!
What a beautiful book, I would love a copy. As for a favorite sweet – would have to be a wine gum!
Thanks for the giveaway:) I love japanese dress books.my favourite sweet is Rabdi(Indian delicacy)
Thats a really lovely book. I have been admiring the japanese dress books for a while now, but haven’t gone around to get one. So thanks for the opportunity to win it! My favourite treat is lemon cake with a frosted icing, yummy.
What beautiful photography! I’d love to win it! My favourite sweet is a sherbet lemon.
My red velvet cupcakes and red vines licorice…not together though. Hehe
Rhubarb and custard sweets, yummy!
Oh dear, I have such a sweet tooth….but I suppose one of my favourites, because it is so odd, is a spaceship. Do you have those in the US? It’s basically two rounds of sugar paper stuck together with sherbet inside. I loved these when I was younger and because they were only a penny you could by tonnes with your pocket money!
I find these Japanese pattern books really cute! And my favourite sweet has always been Cola Cubes š
I live in sicily, an italian Island. It’s famous for its sweets… people bake dozens of different kinds of sweets, so it’s difficult to pick up one for me š
But my favourite are called “paste di mandorla”, a white and soft cookie made of almonds, sugar and orange essence. yummy!
Thank you for this giveaway!!!! Amazing book!
Wow, this book looks awesome!
I really love cupcakes and chocolate and macarons and crĆØme brĆ»lĆ©e and pie and …!
I love it all š
I really like the top on the cover. Sweets hm…… Carrot cake and english cheese cake š
chocolate pistachio ice cream!
I am head over heels for mint spelt brownies. I think they must be the best thing ever.
M&m’s , just can’t get enough.
I love these books because of the diagrams. Am I the only weird-o? I would use the heck out of this book, thanks for the givewaway! My favorite sweet these days is eclairs. I have discovered they are easy to make which is dangerous!
Caramel slice! Get in ma belleh.
Right now it’s macarons. Tomorrow it will be something different. And different the day after! I have a super sweet tooth.
looks like a great book! thanks for the give-away! My favourite sweet (dessert) is homemade apple crumble, and my favourite sweet (candy) is strawberry bon bons. Nom nom nom š
Does whipped cream count? If yes, than that is probably my most favorite. If I need to pick a desert that wouldn’t be humiliating to eat in public, I would pick rhubarb pie (with lots of whipped cream!). This book looks like it would be a good first toe in the Japanese sewing book pool!
What gorgeous photography!! Can’t beat a book with cupcakes and cats š
Thanks,
Abbe
My favorite sweet is homemade cake batter ice cream! We got an ice cream maker for a wedding gift and it’s pretty much all I eat now.
Brownies and vanilla ice cream!
I’d like to be included, The book sounds divine, like tarte au citron.
My fave sweet is Rowntrees Fruit Gums but now that I live in Canada, I don’t get them that much. They are such a UK exclusive. I actually have a few Japanese sewing books from Japan and they really helped me learn to sew as I could only use the pictures. It is so nice to see them translated into English. The photos and design of these books are quite beautiful.
I’d really love to win that book! My favorite sweet has to be chocolate “fondant” cake. So good and it even provides me with my daily magnesium needs. I have no shame in eating that stuff š
Looks like a fun book. Umm, yeah…I don’t think I can pick just one sweet treat. My favorite sweet treats are Tiramisu, ice cream and dark chocolate. Thanks for hosting the giveaway!
Chocolate chess pie! Thanks for the giveaway š
Salted caramel from Godiva. Yum! (Thanks for doing the giveaway!)
New rule: every sewing book is required to come with a tasty recipe!
Gorgeous stuff! I love chocolate cornflake crispies.. mmmm š I hope I win this!!
Wow! My favorite sweet is actually not that sweet at all: (double) salted liquorice (typical Dutch thing I guess, called “drop”). Truly love it.
Sarsaparilla drops for me! or pear drops…. or milk duds…. oh no – don’t make me choose!
Cookies every day!!!
I love a sewing book with patterns to illustrate specific techniques! Gives me a list of things to tick off. š
Lemon tarts are my favourite, heavy on the “tart”. Okay, that and Mini Eggs.
Aw! I love the patterns! So cute! My favorite sweet, yum, i’d say Milka chocolate š
Ooo! I would love a copy! So pretty!
Hmmm… I have a thing for those strawberry shaped marshmallows. Also gummy worms.
I love Japanese sweets! I love the traditional tea ceremony sweets and how they change with the seasons.
Well, seems that ‘sweet’ isn’t restricted to just candy so, I do love cheesecake but for something extra special I’d pick frozen chocolate-covered key lime pie (on a stick of course!). Very yummy!
Thanks so much for the giveaway!
Cats and sewing just go so well together. Thanks for the giveaway, count me in! Favourite sweet… red velvet cupcakes!
I love this range of books, I have one for kids outfits (I think it’s the same publisher anyway) and I just can’t wait for my daughter to grow a bit so I can sew outfits for her! I love the Sweet dresses book – as for my favourite sweet? Got to be marshmallows, the lovely light, melt in your mouth, like eating a cloud, type of marshmallows!
Exciting giveaway! My favorite sweet is fruit pizza!!(or, as my friend refers to it, sugar cookie on acid)
What a great giveaway. I love these books and hope I win this one. My favorite sweet is peanut butter cups. batresyohana@yahoo.com
Anything caramel! Love the blog!
A frozen Hershey bar smeared with peanut butter and a glass of ice-cold milk.
I love real pectin jelly beans – grape flavor is best!
I would love to make a dress for my daughter who is expecting our first grandbabies; twin girls to make an appearance around Thanksgiving!! I think she could wear them especially after babies when loose clothes that are PRETTY make new moms feel better! favorite sweet, my mama makes white cake with cream cheese icing spread into rosettes flavored with almond extract! heavenly!!
I love the blouse on the front cover and I love your blog.
Thanks for the giveaway !
My favorite sweet… I have too many to list! One of my favorites is pie, any kind of pie. I’m a dessert addict!
Whole Foods’ vegan apple pie is the best sweet EVER–vegan or otherwise!!!
I would love to win the book! But if not, perhaps I can console myself with pie!!! (Damn, totally craving it now!) š
My favourites are coffee cake and flapjack but I do like classic English puds like jam sponge & custard too (this is the reason I will never be slim!). Actual sweets and chocolate I am not really interested in! Thank you for the giveaway, I think would like to make the blouse with the cape style collar.
Oh the book looks beautiful! My favourite sweet has to be strawberry laces. I can quite happily sit and eat an entire packet in one go! š
Oh wow! Count me in please!
I love cheesecake!
I love anything with dark chocolate in it, on it, whatever. My favorite combos are chocolate caramel and sea salt, chocolate and mint, and chocolate and raspberry.
Love your, er…, irreverence. And would love to win the book.
And favorite treat is Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream. Check out the Salty Caramel.
That book looks fun!
My favorite sweet would have to be a molasses cookie. If I’m super PMS-ing, then it’s a bag of Pepperidge Farms Mint Milano cookies, a hot chocolate and 1/2 a box of Sees Candies.
Rice pudding with black rice and coconut milk. Yes please to the pattern book!
My favourite treat =butter tarts.
This looks like a wonderful book to play with! Thank you for holding a giveaway, and thank you for allowing me to enter!
I like chocolate chip cookies. I enjoy reading your blog.
Ooh this book looks cute, I love the sweetheart neckline of pattern R. My favorite sweet is definitely sour patch kids. I love the combo of sour and sweet š
Simple and sweet! Love the examples from this book…
Definitely brown butter Rice Krispie treats. I could eat the whole batch by myself! The book looks cute and I’m glad it has some tops too!
chocolate!!!
i love japanese pattern books, and would love to add this one to my collection!
thanks for the giveaway. š
Ah great give away š if I have to choose it would be carrot cake. Although I’m on a bit of a diet at the mo, so this is killing me! Haha. Love your blog by the way Lauren.
I love these Japanese sewing books, they are so cute! My favorite sweet are rose macarons. Really, any macaron!
Cute outfits, fluffy cats AND cupcakes. My daughter would love this book so I could sew her some outfits.
frozen yogurt. With lots of different toppings, or sometimes just plain by itself. Thanks for hosting a giveaway!
Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate! In all forms, all temperature, I loove it
Sorry I pressed enter with my little finger by mistake, I’m the chocolate addict š
That’s such a sweet book! (yes i did just do that š ) My favourite sweets are Gummy bears; I literally pick them out of my friends’ bags of Haribo!
picking my favorite sweet is haarrddd. And you probably wont know half of what I’m talking about. But in New Zealand we have these sea shell shaped lollies (sweets, candies, whatever). They are kind of crusty (but not too crutsy) on the outside and then the inside is more soft. haha, they are hard to explain. But man alive. They are delicious.
Now give me a book please ^_^
Oh, I have one of these type of books, “feminine wardrobe”. It’s cute, but the clothes are quite large, even the XS. The ones in this book, look to have much more shape and be more fitted so I would love a chance to win a copy. AND, this one has been catbombed. Awesomeness! My favourite sweet are brownies! Followed by a close second of chocolate cupcakes.
I have been looking at Japanese sewing books for about 6 months. This one has many tops that would work in summer and layered in the winter. I would love to have this book.
Dang, I forgot my favorite sweet, sour straws, aussie licorice, ginger chews, and all chewing candy!!
I couldn’t decide if anything from this book would look like anything on me, but the more I’ve seen glimpses the more I like it. As for my fave sweet….CAKE! Any kind…except coconut.
love the book and loving pattern IV…so chilled and comfy looking…sweets – sadly I cant eat seewts due to a health condition but if I could it would have to be trifle. was always my fave as a kid..:)
My favorite sweet is DARK chocolate. LK has so many great design books, and not just for sewing. Every time I’m at my local art museum gift shop I find myself coveting another of their books. Last time it was this one: http://www.laurenceking.com/us/diy-furniture-a-step-by-step-guide/
my favorite sweets are peanut butter cups… peanut butter+chocolate= fan-freakin-tastic!
I don’t eat sweets very often, but I think my favorite would be a big slice of chocolate cake with lots of chocolate frosting…yum yum. This book looks great, I would love to win a copy! I hope you are recovering well!
My favorite sweet is a cookie. Yes, pretty much any kind of cookie. Donuts, cake, pie won’t do it. Got to be a cookie that I can pick up and stick in my face. Silly really, it can be a bar cookie cut from a thing shaped like a cake and as long as it is a cookie I’m on it. But, call it cake and…well, I’ll eat it if you don’t have any cookie handy.
Hmmm…a lemon bar is classic in my book!
Oh what a lovely book – my new favorite is raspberry pie – which my kids baked last weekend.
Lovely book!. My favourite sweet is Bombombum, an spherical lollipop that in the centre. has bubble gum the problem is I only can find it in my country š¦
Me too! I don’t actually like sweets, but it would have to be butter mints.
Favorite sweet? Any homemade ice cream out of David Lebovitz’ book, “The Perfect Scoop” – amazing! It’s about as sweet as winning this great book š
Count me into the giveaway !
My favourite sweet would have to be those tiny coca cola lollies! I grew up with loving them!
Eclairs!! Chocolate Cake!! Would love to get this book it seems like some cute things I’d actually wear!
Great giveaway, I love milky stars. Especially straight out of the fridge to give them abit of a crunch. š
I’ve heard some good things about this book! Thank you for another great giveaway! And I just had some POP ROCKS today. They never disappoint!
Love this giveaway!
Favorite sweet is cookies! Oatmeal raisin will do! om nom nom!
I’d LOVE to win this book – it looks awesome. I have many favourite sweets š but at the moment one of the top ones would be honeycomb – homemade and dipped in dark chocolate