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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

Get ready for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil

by modes4u May 21, 2014

On June 12th the Men’s Football World Cup will start in Brazil. Are you excited already and just can’t wait? Get into the mood with some of our cool soccer products. We have funny soccer ball erasers in different colors, soccer fabrics and even a soccer bento set so that you can make soccer-themed food.

cool green and white soccer ball eraser by Iwako

cool black and white soccer ball eraser by Iwako

cool blue and white soccer ball eraser by Iwako

cool red and white soccer ball eraser by Iwako

black Soccer Ball Timeless Treasures fabric from the USA

red mini football soccer fabric for boys Timeless Treasures

green soccer football fabric for boys Sports

Magic Football Soccer ball Bento Onigiri shaper rice mold

May 21, 2014 1 comment

Our fabrics are featured in a lovely German sewing book

by modes4u May 19, 2014

Last year we teamed up with German designer Saskia Abel and sent her some of our fabrics to use for her first sewing book ‘Kleine Taschen: 20 Nähprojekte, hübsch und praktisch’. Now it is finally available and we love all the 20 little bags she made in the book. Check out the four projects she did with our fabrics:

We are featured in this lovely German sewing book about sewing little bags

Cute 2 in 1 phone pouch and wallet made with our Kokka penguin fabric

Adorable smartphone pouch sewed with our Robert Kaufman flower fabric

Cool wallet made from our organic birch fabric Birdie Spokes

eReader / tablet skin made with our Riley Blake polka dot fabric

off-white penguin Kokka oxford fabric from Japan

white wild flower fabric by Robert Kaufman USA

teal birch organic fabric Birdie Spokes with wheels bird

white Riley Blake polka dot fabric from the USA

May 19, 2014 1 comment

Super cute new bento accessories from Japan

by modes4u May 17, 2014

Just in time for picnic season we got lots of kawaii new bento accessories by the Japanese manufacturer Torune. We have lots of new food cutters, food picks, bento cups, cutlery sets, but also useful kitchen helpers like silicone brushes, spatulas, graters, measuring spoons etc. A lot of the items come in cute cases, so that they are perfect for taking away, traveling or school.

pink rabbit plate bento dish kids plate food tray

kawaii cat ladybug spoon cutlery from Japan

blue giraffe bento picnic mat picnic blanket

panda bear stripe Bento Cutlery Set from Japan

small triangular Onigiri Omusubi rice ball lunch bag

bear and rabbit plate bento dish kids plate

sheep silicone baking spatula from Japan

toadstool mushroom silicone brush pastry brush basting brush

Wow animal bento measuring spoon set ring 4pcs Japan

cute house grater box for the kitchen from Japan

animal faces bento box rice balls wrapping papers

kawaii towel with bee box set from Japan

cup carousel food picks storage box Bento Box Lunch Box

Magic Football Soccer ball Bento Onigiri shaper rice mold

bear tower Bento sandwich food cutters

heart cookie ribbon Bento sandwich food cutters

green foldable bear silicone mat coaster from Japan

funny fruit Baran divider sheets for Bento Box Lunch Box

dog cat food picks forks for Bento Box Lunch Box

May 17, 2014 1 comment

What customers make with our fabrics: accessories & clothes

by modes4u May 15, 2014

Many of our customers shared their DIY-projects on our Facebook wall again. We always love to see what people make with our products, so have a look at some of the gorgeous items:

Srta. Pizpiretta from Spain sewed a lovely handbag with our green echino fabric cherry and even offers a Sew-Along Tutorial for it on her blog.

Srta. Pizpiretta from Spain sewed a handbag with our echino fabric

green echino birds and berries canvas fabric cherry

Valérie Verdalle from France made children’s bedclothes with the Timeless Treasures Noahs Ark fabric.

Valérie Verdalle from France made funny bed linen with our cute Noahs Ark panel fabric

blue Noahs Ark panel fabric by Timeless Treasures Ark Party

Joanna Lef from Switzerland made a super sweet girl’s dress with the apple pear poplin fabric by Cosmo.

Joanna Lef from Switzerland made this kawaii girl’s dress with our Cosmo apple fabric

natural-colored fruit apple pear poplin fabric Cosmo Japan

Angela Orrù from Italy used some cute Deco tapes by San-X like the kawaii Rilakkuma strawberry deco tape to decorate her picture frames.

Angela Orrù from Italy decorated some picture frames with San-X deco tapes

Rilakkuma bear Deco Sticky Tape strawberry rabbit

Our customer Heather May Riseborough from England sewed the coolest toddler’s shirts for her grandson with our Alexander Henry fabrics, like the Faces of Liwaza animal fabric.

Heather May Riseborough from England made super cool toddler’s shirts for her grandson

Faces of Liwaza animal fabric by Alexander Henry USA

Ladymorgana Le Fay from Spain made fabric book covers with many of our fabrics, like the great Sugar Skull Timeless Treasures fabric you see on the picture.

Ladymorgana Le Fay from Spain made gorgeous fabric book covers

black Folk Art skull fabric by Timeless Treasures

Great job everyone, we totally love all your ideas. Always feel free to share your projects with us.

May 15, 2014 1 comment

Hello Kitty ramen store in Hong Kong

by modes4u May 13, 2014

The restaurant Ramen Iroha in Hong Kong is currently THE place to be for all Hello Kitty lovers. The restaurant transformed into a Hello Kitty heaven, everything is decorated with Hello Kitty, even the whole shop front in Causeway Bay. The promotion started on April 24th and will last for 3 months. During this time all the Japanese Ramen noodle soups come with a special Hello Kitty seaweed, but there is also a special new flavour with salty shrimp soup.

We haven’t been there ourselves but found these amazing pictures in an article on U-Travel Hong Kong. Hopefully we’ll have a chance to go, because as you see on the last picture there are longs lines in front of the shop. Lots of people want to enjoy the Hello Kitty decor with some delicious noodle soup. If you add 140 HKD during your visit you can also get the kawaii red Hello Kitty ramen bowl or the cool red Hello Kitty tote bag.

The Ramen Ihora shop front during the Hello Kitty promotion, picture from U-Tavel Hong Kong

The interior of the restaurant, picture from U-Tavel Hong Kong

Every ramen soup is served with a Hello Kitty seaweed, picture from U-Tavel Hong Kong

The ramen comes in special Hello Kitty bowl that you can buy too, picture from U-Tavel Hong Kong

special Hello Kitty tote bag for the promotion, picture from U-Tavel Hong Kong

long lines in front of the restaurant, picture from Ramen Iroha

May 13, 2014 1 comment

Great Blog projects with our fabrics

by modes4u May 9, 2014

In the last weeks we teamed up with lots of great blogs that sew wonderful things with our fabrics. You might have seen them on our Facebook page already, but if not, here is a little overview:

Tilly from the blog Tilly and the Buttons made an amazing skirt with our Michael Miller lobster fabric.

Tilly from the blog Tilly and the Buttons made this beautiful skirt with our lobster fabric

navy blue maritime fabric with lobsters by Michael Miller

Veronica from the blog sewVery used our black echino fabric cherry to sew an awesome bag.

Veronica from the blog sewVery made this lovely bag with our echino fabric

black echino birds and berries canvas fabric cherry

Eva-Maria from the blog byevamaria made the most adorable Easter project with our kawaii organic Clothsworks fabric Critter Patch.

Eva-Maria from the blog byevamaria made this fun Easter project with one of our rabbit fabrics

aqua rabbit animal Clothworks organic fabric Critter Patch

May 9, 2014 0 comment

New Rilakkuma Re-Ment and Doraemon Re-Ment in our shop

by modes4u May 7, 2014

Yay, we have new Re-Ment sets from Japan. The kawaii Rilakkuma Maku Maku hamburger Re-Ment is full of tiny miniature hamburgers and other fast food dishes that are shaped like the cute Rilakkuma bear.

If you love Doraemon you will be happy to hear that we now carry the Doraemon Mini snack time Re-Ment. Doraemon shows his favourite snacks like biscuits, macarons, chocolate and more.

To receive the whole set of these two Re-Ments please order 8 pieces each. Then you will get each Re-Ment of that series once and also the original box.

Rilakkuma Maku Maku Hamburger Re-Ment miniature blind box

Doraemon Mini snack time pastry Re-Ment miniature blind box

May 7, 2014 0 comment

Meet the San-X characters: Chocopa

by modes4u May 1, 2014

San-X most popular bear character is definitely Rilakkuma. But there is another little bear fella in the San-X family who deserves your attention: Chocopa!

pink Chocopa panda bear chocolate A4 plastic file folder

Chocopa

Chocolate, chocolate and even more chocolate. The kawaii baby panda Chocopa has a sweet tooth, because he wants to eat chocolate all the time. But one day a change happened when he took a bite of his favourite milk chocolate. Just like the chocolate bar he suddenly became all brown. Just when he drinks milk he becomes a panda bear again.

Chocopa bear with chocolate cover plush charm San-X

Nuts

The cute orange squirrel Nuts is Chocopa’s friend. The cute rodent wears brown glasses and looks very smart. He loves to sit on Chocopa’s head and often takes photos of him.

San-X orange Chocopa squirrel with glasses plush toy

May 1, 2014 0 comment

Fabric Fruit Salad

by modes4u April 28, 2014

We’re inspired by spring and mix our own fruit salad today – on fabric. We carry lots of funny food fabrics with fruit or vegetable prints. Today we mix some apples, cherries, strawberries, pears and raspberries together. What a yummy collection.

lightweight green apple cotton sateen fabric by Kokka

white cherry fabric Fresh Picked Quilting Treasures

yellow strawberry fabric Fresh Picked Quilting Treasures

black pear fabric by Robert Kaufman from the USA

Raspberry fabric by Timeless Treasures from the USA

natural-colored fruit apple pear poplin fabric Cosmo Japan

April 28, 2014 0 comment

New Japanese stationery

by modes4u April 26, 2014

The last months have been full of fabrics, but there is good news for all you stationery lovers out there. We also received lots of new kawaii Japanese stationery, mainly letter sets, memo pads and notebooks. There is new stuff by San-X, Mind Wave and Q-Lia. More will be added throughout the next weeks.