{"id":13006,"date":"2015-04-10T05:00:55","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=13006"},"modified":"2015-04-09T20:07:57","modified_gmt":"2015-04-10T03:07:57","slug":"happy-friday-randomness-83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=13006","title":{"rendered":"Happy Friday + Randomness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015-spring-sewing-wishes.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13012\" src=\"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015-spring-sewing-wishes.jpg\" alt=\"2015-spring-sewing-wishes\" width=\"800\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015-spring-sewing-wishes.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015-spring-sewing-wishes-278x300.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy Friday! Friends, I\u00a0miss\u00a0sewing for myself. Yes, my sloth-like progression with the Ginger jeans is still lurking in the background, but as each day greets me with promises of summer, I find myself having fantasies about pretty spring dresses, floaty tops, tunic-style t-shirts&#8230;so I thumbed through my Japanese books and <a title=\"Sewing Pattern Organization + Sencha\" href=\"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=3838\" target=\"_blank\">monster patterns binder<\/a>, and that up there is my imaginary sewing plans. Once book #2 is wrapped up (about 2 more months!), I am going to stitch myself a\u00a0high quality and super\u00a0versatile wardrobe, and that&#8217;s a promise I&#8217;m determined to keep. I&#8217;ve been wearing the same five clothing items every week for the last few months to conserve mental power, and I&#8217;m becoming frayed around the edges literally and figuratively. These patterns\/books may help me look less <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/imgres?imgurl=http:\/\/vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net\/peanuts\/images\/a\/a2\/Pig-pen_peanuts.png\/revision\/latest%3Fcb%3D20090301044242&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/peanuts.wikia.com\/wiki\/%2522Pig-Pen%2522&amp;h=212&amp;w=196&amp;tbnid=cG4Kgr2k_-o5oM:&amp;zoom=1&amp;tbnh=186&amp;tbnw=171&amp;usg=__BA0y7pXZdrokLlvyJiR3XsqchEE=&amp;docid=wKgZ9BurV1CUpM&amp;itg=1\" target=\"_blank\">Pig-Pen<\/a>-ish:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/butterick.mccall.com\/b5781-products-22953.php?page_id=147\" target=\"_blank\">Butterick 5781<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mccallpattern.mccall.com\/m6359-products-14414.php?page_id=96\" target=\"_blank\">McCalls 6359<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/voguepatterns.mccall.com\/v1247-products-14158.php?page_id=174\" target=\"_blank\">Vogue 1247<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mccallpattern.mccall.com\/m6752-products-46532.php?page_id=96\" target=\"_blank\">McCalls 6752<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1780671083\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1780671083&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=sanaishi-20&amp;linkId=ZYVXSYFXJAAFLZWW\">Pleated-Bodice Dress<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=sanaishi-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1780671083\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1780672292\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1780672292&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=sanaishi-20&amp;linkId=E2INYYLHYQDCMOJN\">Jersey Top with Cape Sleeves<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=sanaishi-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1780672292\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/4579112342\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=4579112342&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=sanaishi-20&amp;linkId=HKX22MDMU5I4Z4B7\">Tank Dress<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=sanaishi-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=4579112342\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>******************************************************<\/p>\n<p>I just love all of K&#8217;s comments about this particular phase she&#8217;s going through:<\/p>\n<p><em>M: Hey, I saw you talking on the phone with your friend. What were you guys chatting about?*<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>K: None of your beeswax, Daddy. Tween business.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>*This is a new thing: K and one of her friends call each other from time to time using the moms&#8217; phones and have meandering, seemingly endless conversations. A preview into teenhood&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>******************************************************<\/p>\n<p>Happy, happy weekend, everyone!<\/p>\n<p><em>It&#8217;s spring break next week<\/em><br \/>\n<em>We&#8217;re not going anywhere<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Can&#8217;t wait to sleep in<\/em><\/p>\n<p>P.S. The winner of the <a title=\"Spring Fabric Giveaway! [CLOSED]\" href=\"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=12930\" target=\"_blank\">fabric giveaway<\/a> is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.littlewhitepaw.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bonnie<\/a>! Congrats!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Friday! Friends, I\u00a0miss\u00a0sewing for myself. Yes, my sloth-like progression with the Ginger jeans is still lurking in the background, but as each day greets me with promises of summer, I find myself having fantasies about pretty spring dresses, floaty tops, tunic-style t-shirts&#8230;so I thumbed through my Japanese books and monster patterns binder, and that up there is my imaginary sewing plans. Once book #2 is wrapped up (about 2 more months!), I am going to stitch myself a\u00a0high quality and super\u00a0versatile wardrobe, and that&#8217;s a promise I&#8217;m determined to keep. I&#8217;ve been wearing the same five clothing items every week for the last few months to conserve mental power, and I&#8217;m becoming frayed around the edges literally and figuratively. These patterns\/books may help me look less Pig-Pen-ish: Butterick 5781 McCalls 6359 Vogue 1247 McCalls 6752 Pleated-Bodice Dress Jersey Top with Cape Sleeves Tank Dress ****************************************************** I just love all of K&#8217;s comments about this particular phase she&#8217;s going through: M: Hey, I saw you talking on the phone with your friend. What were you guys chatting about?* K: None of your beeswax, Daddy. Tween business. *This is a new thing: K and one of her friends call each other from time to time using the moms&#8217; phones and have meandering, seemingly endless conversations. A preview into teenhood&#8230; ****************************************************** Happy, happy weekend, everyone! It&#8217;s spring break next week We&#8217;re not going anywhere Can&#8217;t wait to sleep in P.S. The winner of the fabric giveaway is Bonnie! Congrats!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13006","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-life","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13006"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13020,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13006\/revisions\/13020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}