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modes4u

I’m Sandra, the founder, and I’m originally from Austria. I moved to Hong Kong in the 2000’s to complete my further studies here, then sought out to start my own business in this wonderfully vibrant city. As a result, modeS4u was born, and it's been running for over a decade now! We hope you enjoy reading out blog! If you have any questions or would like to get in touch, please feel free to email us anytime at: info@modes4u.com Thanks, Sandra & the modes4u team

Free Gudetama Wallpaper

by modes4u August 17, 2018

If you’re a fan of the super popular Sanrio character, Gudetama, then you’re going to want to check out this incredibly kawaii FREE wallpaper featuring this lazy egg relaxing on the beach. It makes sense, given it’s summer! This image will certainly liven up any screen background. Seeing him all chilled out on the beach sure makes you want to head to the beach too, doesn’t it?

Fun in the sun with Gudetama!

scented Gudetama cream puff squishy

Gudetama muffin squishy by Sanrio

Gudetama Japan sport Re-Ment miniature blind box

orange funny Gudetama egg yolk pencil case by Kamio from Japan

Gudetama egg yolk wearing headphones earphone clip accessory

Gudetama egg yolk headphones spongy keychain charm kawaii

funny Gudetama egg yolk relaxing squishy charm kawaii

Sanrio melon bun squishy with Gudetama

Gudetama egg yolk in eggshell spongy keychain charm kawaii

August 17, 2018 0 comment

Quilt Market 2018 in Portland, USA (Part 3)

by modes4u August 13, 2018

To wrap up this summary of Sandra and Alan’s trip to the Quilt Market in Portland, USA, we’ll take a look at a few more suppliers they came across. There were stunning displays by Cloud 9, Kiyohara, Kokka and Trans-Pacific Textiles, showing off all sorts of gorgeous fabrics as well as items made from some of them. These included super cute bags, dresses and more!

After all was said and done, Sandra, Alan and Mason hung out with the team from Cloud 9! Overall, this was a great event with fabric suppliers going all out to show off exciting new designs, many of which you will see in our shop soon. Make sure to keep an eye out for them!

A shiba inu design from Trans-Pacific Textiles

Another kawaii piece from Trans-Pacific Textiles

Kiyohara’s booth display

Aren’t their items stunning?

Which item do you like best?

These pillows, outfits and bags are so kawaii!

More Kiyohara items

We love these matching items!

A lovely dress made from nani iro fabric

Oodles of bags made from Kokka fabrics

Kokka’s display

Organic fabrics from Cloud 9

Sandra, Alan and Mason hanging out with the Cloud 9 team!

August 13, 2018 0 comment

Quilt Market 2018 in Portland, USA (Part 2)

by modes4u August 6, 2018

Continuing with Sandra and Alan’s trip to Quilt Market in Portland, USA, they checked out lots of fabric brands such as Moda, Cotton + Steel, Monaluna and others. There they were able to check out beautiful sewing projects such as dresses, wall hangings, quilts and much more. Check out some of the photos right here!

A doll pattern from Moda

Cute dolls made from Moda fabrics

An adorable Moda quilt

A gorgeous Cotton + Steel dress

Another lovely Cotton + Steel outfit

We love this bag made of Cotton + Steel fabrics

A great skirt and blouse made of Cotton + Steel fabrics

Super cute Monaluna projects

Monaluna’s booth display

Monaluna fabrics

Awesome wall hangings made from Monaluna fabrics

Stunning dresses made from Michael Miller fabrics

Elizabeth’s Studio booth display

August 6, 2018 0 comment

Quilt Market 2018 in Portland, USA (Part 1)

by modes4u August 3, 2018

Earlier this year, Sandra and Alan (modeS4u’s Managing Director and IT Manager respectively), attended the Quilt Market in Portland, USA. There they were able to snap lots of stunning photos of the various fabrics on display by some of the most popular brands out there! Robert Kaufman fabrics were featured in their super cute booth which had animal designs and more. Art Gallery Fabrics also had beautiful quilt projects featuring women, and organic Birch fabrics were also on display. Check out the images here!

Robert Kaufman’s booth

Super kawaii Robert Kaufman fabric

A closeup

Here’s more of the fabric’s design

How kawaii!

Robert Kaufman’s booth is lovely!

We love the penguin design!

Wow!

Art Gallery Fabrics put up these beautiful designs

We love these!

Gorgeous!

Super cool Birch items

Birch’s booth display

August 3, 2018 0 comment

Creative squishy photos – see squishies out in nature and be inspired!

by modes4u July 27, 2018

We love seeing how creative you all get with products you receive from our store! These awesome and cute squishy pictures come from Instagram user berlinsquishyfangirl (check out her lovely Instagram page, her handle is @berlinsquishyfangirl ).

These photos are so much fun to look at! berlinsquishyfangirl has an awesome collection of squishies and a very creative way of photographing them! You simply must take a look at her beautiful photos featuring galaxy squishies, fruit squishies and more, right here!

Pandas and a sleepy platapus!

So many lovely food squishies!

Panda pals!

How cute are these squishies?

Adorable!

Fruit squishies!

Cats and dogs can be friends!

A tree that grows galaxy apples??

Kitty making an appearance at a social gathering!

Peek-a-boo!

Galaxy squishies!

Peacock squishy out for a stroll!

Look! This tree is growing a chocolate dipped banana squishy!

A cute donut squishy and a cute pooch!

What a lovely photo!

A lovely squishy and a beautiful background!

pink eclair squishy charm Cafe de N cellphone charm Cafe de N

scented donut with blue icing squishy

Cafe de N cute banana with brown sauce squishy kawaii

scented blue and purple peacock bird animal by Joey Squishy

galaxy mini Pop Pop Sheep squishy by Pat Pat Zoo

scented jumbo galaxy apple fruit squishy by Areedy

dark blue purple galaxy panda head animal squishy

cute orange Chawa Little Mafia Lucky Cat kitty squishy kawaii

Cafe de N cute pineapple with brown sauce squishy kawaii

panda bear bun squishy cellphone charm kawaii

scented three pandas squishy

cute jumbo cat hamburger scented squishy cheeseburger

scented rice in yellow bowl squishy

July 27, 2018 1 comment

Check out this amazing tote bag made from Michael Miller fabric!

by modes4u July 23, 2018

This awesome tote bag is so cute! We absolutely love this gorgeous bag made by Patchcreu. You can check out her website here, and her Instagram page here (her handle is @patchcreu ).

She made her bag using a lovely Michael Miller fabric. This bag is so stylish and practical, you can use it when you’re going on a picnic, for shopping and much more.

Are you feeling inspired to create something? We’ve got some fun fabric suggestions here for you to check out!

It’s super cute!

Stunning, stylish and practical!

We love it!

turquoise fabric wave fish by Michael Miller

turquoise fabric colorful jellyfish sea life by Michael Miller

white fish fabric Mod Fish by Michael Miller USA

blue Michael Miller fabric colorful Tropical Fish

green Michael Miller fabric starfish animal Sea Star

pink Michael Miller fabric octopus whale Mermaid Play

white Michael Miller fabric colorful small fish Guppies

white Michael Miller fabric pink purple fish bowl Swimming in Circles

blue fabric colorful sea creature gold metallic by Robert Kaufman USA

blue Robert Kaufman fabric cute colorful fish Sea and Sun

July 23, 2018 0 comment

Need Inspiration? Check out these projects by Timeless Treasures!

by modes4u July 20, 2018

We know that many of you love working on sewing projects! We have some amazing quilt design images from Timeless Treasures for you to check out, in case you’re looking for some inspiration. These quilts are detailed, colorful and so beautiful. Have you ever made a quilt before? Or are you thinking about creating one?

We’ve included some lovely fabrics you can select if you feel like starting on a new project! These include Timeless Treasures’ fabric with patterns, such as amazing stripe fabric, dot fabric, and others!

Wow!

Want to create something like this?

We love this!

Absolutely gorgeous!

How inspiring!

What a great design!

So pretty!

colorful wave line striped Timeless Treasures Crazy Stripe fabric USA

cute colorful small green red orange blue dot fabric by Timeless Treasures

off-white fabric with tiny colorful dot orange grey blue by Timeless Treasures

denim blue color fabric with small white polka dot by Timeless Treasures

white fabric with small colorful dot and shape by Timeless Treasures

marigold yellow fabric with colorful dot by Timeless Treasures

grey grid pattern sketch fabric Timeless Treasures

lime green cute swirl pattern fabric Timeless Treasures

purple batik dot shape fabric by Timeless Treasures

black batik colorful square rectangle fabric by Timeless Treasures

orange batik light orange cross fabric by Timeless Treasures

July 20, 2018 0 comment

More awesome customer creations!

by modes4u July 16, 2018

We LOVE it when you send us pictures of the incredible things you make with fabrics you got from us! We received a lovely image from a dear customer who created these STUNNING t-shirts using Robert Kaufman knit fabrics purchased from our shop! Galaxy fabrics are so detailed and fun to work with, plus they look amazing as part of a sewing project. These awesome galaxy t-shirts are out of this world!

Please do send us more pictures of your amazing creations, we want to see (and share) them! We’ve also included some other space themed fabrics in this post, for you to check out!

These t-shirts are so cool!

galaxy space turquoise dark blue Robert Kaufman Laguna Jersey knit fabric

galaxy space blue purple Robert Kaufman Laguna Jersey knit fabric

dark blue Robert Kaufman star galaxy gold metallic fabric Stargazers 5

black Robert Kaufman space colorful planet gold metallic fabric Stargazers 5

black Robert Kaufman planet outer space fabric Stargazers

black Robert Kaufman fabric star outer space Stargazers Digital Print

star outer space sky Robert Kaufman fabric blue purple Morningmoon Fairies

galaxy fabric with spaceship UFO by Timeless Treasures

black blue turquoise purple space stars fabric by Timeless Treasures

black green blue colorful space stars fabric by Timeless Treasures

black colorful universe space fabric with planets by Timeless Treasure

blue oxford fabric with outer space theme by Kokka

July 16, 2018 0 comment

A Review of our Iwako Erasers!

by modes4u July 13, 2018

Check out this fun YouTube video review by Eraser Fan, showing off lots of adorable Iwako erasers she got from our shop, including all sorts of kawaii animal erasers! Which ones in her video do you like the best? Let us know!

red piano grand piano eraser by Iwako from Japan

yellow chick in egg eraser by Iwako from Japan

Yakisoba eraser by Iwako from Japan

white tiger eraser by Iwako from Japan

cute pink seal eraser from Japan by Iwako

blue stapler school supplies eraser by Iwako from Japan

mini Pocky eraser from Japan by Iwako

pink waffle cone eraser French Pastry from Japan

brown doughnut eraser French Pastry

cute giraffe Japanese eraser from Iwako

grey Triceratops eraser by Iwako from Japan

cute piggy Japanese eraser from Iwako

orange macaroon eraser French Pastry from Japan

orange kangaroo eraser by Iwako from Japan

Dango Mochi eraser from Japan by Iwako

blue Japanese Kokeshi dolls eraser flowers from Japan

Chinese dumplings eraser from Japan by Iwako

red bean green tea shaved ice dessert eraser by Iwako

July 13, 2018 0 comment

FREE Reversible Tote Bag Pattern!

by modes4u July 10, 2018

If you’ve been itching to make your own tote bag, we have a stunning free pattern available for you! This gorgeous pattern will show you how to create an amazing reversible tote bag using fantastic batik fabric from Robert Kaufman.

We’ve also included some beautiful batik designs for you to choose from, if you decide to try this pattern out. If you make something, please send us photos, we’d love to see your creations!