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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

We have super cool Anime fabrics

by modes4u June 22, 2013

If you are looking for a really extraordinary fabric design you’re right at our shop. We just added lots of cool Anime fabrics which you can find in our Asia fabrics category. The designs are from the company Trans-Pacific Textiles, a small fabric manufacturer located in Hawaii. Not just do they have an unusual location but also a Japanese fabric designer, who designs lots of cool prints around Japanese pop culture. So check our all our new Trans-Pacific Textiles fabrics.

Japanese fighter anime fabric from the USA manga fabric

kawaii Japanese Anime Space Surfer fabric from the USA

kawaii Japanese Anime fairy tale fabric blue Snow White

yellow travel anime Asia fabric Trans-Pacific Textiles USA

Japanese Hawaii boy anime fabric pink from the USA

kawaii Japanese Anime Kimono Geisha fabric from the USA

June 22, 2013 2 comments

San-X shop modes4u: More than 2000 products and special editions

by modes4u June 19, 2013

Our partnership with the Japanese stationary and gift manufacturing company San-X really flourished in the past years. Last year we were super proud that we carried almost 1,000 San-X products in our shop, this year the amount has more than doubled. By now we carry more than 2,100 San-X products on modes4u.com. It’s not such a big surprise when you keep in mind that Rilakkuma is the most popular character in our shop, and also San-X’ most successful character.

It’s also a big honor that we are allowed to sell limited Rilakkuma editions. To celebrate Rilakkuma’s 10th anniversary San-X has been releasing quite a few super limited plush toy editions, which are almost exclusively available in Japan. Only a handful of retailers in the whole world are allowed to sell them outside of Japan and we are one of them. This is why you can buy the Rilakkuma zodiac sign edition or the Rilakkuma Chinese New Year edition at our shop.

We will keep ordering many new products from all the different San-X characters and soon we will hopefully have 3,000 San-X products in our shop.

We are one of the few international shops worldwide allowed to sell the limited Rilakkuma zodiac signs edition

There are more than 250 pens and pencils by San-X in our shop

Choose between more than 200 San-X folder with all the different characters

Choose between more than 200 San-X folders with all the different characters

The Rilakkuma Washi Tapes are quite new in our shop

We have a huge selection of plush toys with Rilakkuma, Mamegoma and all the other San-X characters

June 19, 2013 2 comments

kawaii Mameshiba animated clips

by modes4u June 17, 2013

For a couple of weeks already you can buy Mameshiba products in our shop. We’re super happy to have lots of stationery items, cellphone accessories and plush toys with the Japanese iconic bean dogs. While we were researching about them, we found a lot of cute little animated short clips revolving around the different Mameshiba characters. They are just a couple of seconds longs and always contain some funny trivia. Take a look at the clips for Mameshiba, green pea, black bean, Peanut and Natto.

Mameshiba animated short clip

Green Pea animated short clip

Black Bean animated short clip

Peanut animated short clip

Natto animated short clip

June 17, 2013 0 comment

Our favourite product of the week: Timeless Treasure summer fabrics

by modes4u June 16, 2013

Are you in the mood for a holiday? After you have seen these summer fabrics you’ll want to plan your summer vacation right away. We got them with our latest Timeless Treasures delivery and think they put you in a super sunny mood. They are our favourite product of the week.

turquoise Florida animal fabric flamingo Timeless Treasures

colourful surfboard stripe fabric Timeless Treasures USA

blue macaw parrot animal fabric by Timeless Treasures

blue dolphin animal fabric by Timeless Treasures

yellow Timeless Treasures summer sunglasses fabric

June 16, 2013 0 comment

Japan Hobby Show Part 5: fabrics

by modes4u June 15, 2013

We already showed you the Kokka fabric booth at the Japan Hobby Show last week. But as sewing was a major theme at the trade show in Tokyo we also visited lots of other fabric booths. In fact is was a real fabric wonderland. Everywhere there were piles of fat quartes, fabric swatches and bolts, it would have taken days to look at every single fabric. Plus all the manufacturers had lots of lovely clothes, bags, home decor and more sewn with their textiles, so that you could see what to do with them. It was a great inspiration.

Wonderful fabrics with lots of examples what to sew with them

Boxes full of fabrics

We discovered this adorable owl fabric

Wonderful Sentimental Circus fabrics

This is fabric heaven!

Lots of different manufacturers presented theif fabrics

Lots of different manufacturers presented their fabrics

Every booth had so much to look at

An inspiration board with examples of what to sew

The fabric booths looked very colourful and cute

We loved these bags

Here people are using fabric paint to stamp on tote bags

Fabrics as far as the eye can see

Another fabric booth from the Japan Hobby Show

A lot of manufacturers were totally new to us

At some booths you could also buy accessories

What a pretty bunting at this booth

June 15, 2013 3 comments

More than 150 new Timeless Treasures fabrics

by modes4u June 14, 2013

We recently received our second big fabric delivery from Timeless Treasures. We ordered lots of new fabrics and also restocked a couple of popular designs. During the last days we have been adding many Timeless Treasures fabrics to our shop, until now you can already find more than 150 new designs. And we’re not finished yet. There are lots and lots of beautiful animal fabrics, food fabrics and retro fabrics to be discovered.

red dot fabric with ladybugs Timeless Treasures USA

white safari animal fabric by Timeless Treasures USA

white Timeless Treasures mini goldfish animal fabric

white mini elephant animal flannel fabric Timeless Treasures

brown bird animal fabric Timeless Treasures USA

white flag fabric by Timeless Treasures bunting

black monkey animal fabric Timeless Treasures USA

black turtle animal fabric Timeless Treasures USA

grey-blue kitchen ware fabric by Timeless Treasures USA

colorful movie ticket retro fabric by Timeless Treasures USA

white British icons London fabric by Timeless Treasures

beige sun bathing women Timeless Treasures fabric from USA

black noodle pasta fabric by Timeless Treasures from the USA

pale pink ballerina fabric with hearts Timeless Treasures

green raccoon animal fabric by Timeless Treasures

June 14, 2013 0 comment

New in our shop: Minky fabrics

by modes4u June 13, 2013

You would think that we already have quite a big selection of fabric materials in our shop, but we keep getting more. With our newest delivery of Timeless Treasures fabrics from the USA we got a couple of super soft Minky fabrics. The cuddle polyester fabrics have a silky soft fur structure and feel as soft as mink. They are perfect to sew baby blankets or other baby accessories. Of course you could also make super soft cuddly toys with them or create some home decor such as pillows or lounge wear. A lot of people also use them as backing for different projects.

owl minky fabric fleece plush Timeless Treasures

turtle minky fabric fleece plush Timeless Treasures

cupcake minky fabric fleece plush Timeless Treasures

June 13, 2013 0 comment

Our favourite product of the week: Hello Kitty phone plugys

by modes4u June 9, 2013

Our favourite product of the week is super kawaii: Hello Kitty cellphone plugys. It would be adorable already if they were just regular Hello Kitty plugys for your earphone jack, but no, the little cat wears a bunny costume. It’s a cuteness explosion. We just received the plugys in purple and yellow this week. Not only do they look cute and are a fashionable cellphone accessory, but they also protect your earphone jack from dust, dirt and humidity.

purple Hello Kitty bunny mobile phone plugy earphone jack

yellow Hello Kitty bunny mobile phone plugy earphone jack

June 9, 2013 0 comment

How to decorate your home with mt Casa Washi Tapes

by modes4u June 7, 2013

A couple of weeks ago we got the beautiful mt Casa Washi Tape series for home decoration. As you can never have enough inspiration, especially when you can just decorate anything at home with the wide Masking tapes, we found some more beautiful examples of what to do with them.

mt was quite active and shot some videos to introduce ideas. The little film about a family who is decorating the apartment for dad’s birthday is really sweet and full of cool projects. We love the idea of decorating plain tablecloths or curtains for special occasions. Check out all the pictures below that show many mt Casa projects around the house. Aren’t these tapes a great way to easily decorate windows or a single-coloured kitchen? Just looking at the photos makes us want to start sticking tapes on everything in the office.

Your kitchen could look this colourful with just a couple of stripes of mt Casa Wahi Tape

Your kitchen could look this colourful with just a couple of stripes of mt Casa Washi Tape

The tapes are a great window decoration

The wide Masking tapes are also suitable for tiles

Add some colour to dishwasher or kitchen fronts

mt Casa tapes make a great table decoration

Look how easy it is to turn a simple lamp into an unique object

Children can fully live out their creativity with the tapes, which always can be removed without any trace

A classic: mt Casa Masking tape as wall decoration

June 7, 2013 0 comment

New Alexander Henry fabrics

by modes4u June 6, 2013

Fabrics from the manufacturer Alexander Henry really stand out in our shop. The US designer just has really unusual, funny and sometimes also daring designs. We just added quite a few new Alexander Henry fabrics to our shop. Besides funny designs like the crazy moustache fabric or the vibrant zebra head fabric, we got many prints from their Indochine collection. These Alexander Henry Asia fabrics have designs inspired by Asian countries and culture. Some of the fabrics also have beautiful sparkling golden embellishments.

We also got many new skull fabrics from the cool folklorico collection.