{"id":13397,"date":"2015-06-10T05:00:01","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T12:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=13397"},"modified":"2015-06-10T06:41:28","modified_gmt":"2015-06-10T13:41:28","slug":"another-nani-iro-mini-dress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=13397","title":{"rendered":"Another nani IRO mini-dress"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I wasn’t quite prepared for how drained I would be after turning in my manuscript. I’ve been somewhat functional and have\u00a0been managing to get chores and the absolute necessities done, but my brain is foggy and I have this odd floaty sensation in my extremities as if they’ll drift away without my permission. On Monday night, K and I went to an ice cream social at her school, and I sat immobilized by the monkey bars, staring out at the popsicle-licking, vanilla-scoop-chomping crowd. My Its-it ice cream sandwich melted in my hand as my glazed eyes took in the bustle of sugar-amped kids, the chatty adults and the DJ working his aural magic with a laptop and compact speakers (my elementary school never had DJs at events – is this a Pacific Northwest, modern-age thing?). I actually took a nap a few\u00a0days ago, and I haven’t had one of those in at least three years.\u00a0And before that? I don’t think I’d ever napped. My mom says sleep wasn’t in my repertoire.<\/p>\n

What does any of this have to do with the rather gorgeous little dress, you may be wondering? Absolutely nothing. Let’s face it, I just wanted something pretty up on my blog while I kickstart my brain back into gear.<\/p>\n

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This was another dress I made for a friend’s daughter, and I love love love this fabric with the complicated name of Nani IRO Kokka Fuccra: rakuen from my beloved Miss Matatabi<\/a>. It’s double-gauze and lovely in every way. You might recognize the\u00a0pattern<\/a>.\u00a0Different recipient, but same size, same dress style. I know, I’m starting to sew the same pattern over and over, which is unusual for me.\u00a0At least I get to prove that fabric choice completely changes the look and feel. And hey, I sewed on snaps instead of buttons. Charting new territories, I am.<\/p>\n

I feel another uncontrollable need for a nap…More on Friday!<\/p>\n

P.S. I’ll be participating in Nani IRO month<\/a>\u00a0in a couple of weeks, and I’m drooling over the new line of fabrics at Miss Matatabi…<\/p>\n

P.P.S.\u00a0One last thing: if you’re in the Seattle\/Eastside area, I have a story time scheduled at University Book Store Bellevue<\/a> tomorrow morning. Fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I wasn’t quite prepared for how drained I would be after turning in my manuscript. I’ve been somewhat functional and have\u00a0been managing to get chores and the absolute necessities done, but my brain is foggy and I have this odd floaty sensation in my extremities as if they’ll drift away without my permission. On Monday night, K and I went to an ice cream social at her school, and I sat immobilized by the monkey bars, staring out at the popsicle-licking, vanilla-scoop-chomping crowd. My Its-it ice cream sandwich melted in my hand as my glazed eyes took in the bustle of sugar-amped kids, the chatty adults and the DJ working his aural magic with a laptop and compact speakers (my elementary school never had DJs at events – is this a Pacific Northwest, modern-age thing?). I actually took a nap a few\u00a0days ago, and I haven’t had one of those in at least three years.\u00a0And before that? I don’t think I’d ever napped. My mom says sleep wasn’t in my repertoire. What does any of this have to do with the rather gorgeous little dress, you may be wondering? Absolutely nothing. Let’s face it, I just wanted something pretty up on my blog while I kickstart my brain back into gear. This was another dress I made for a friend’s daughter, and I love love love this fabric with the complicated name of Nani IRO Kokka Fuccra: rakuen from my beloved Miss Matatabi. It’s double-gauze and lovely in every way. You might recognize the\u00a0pattern.\u00a0Different recipient, but same size, same dress style. I know, I’m starting to sew the same pattern over and over, which is unusual for me.\u00a0At least I get to prove that fabric choice completely changes the look and feel. And hey, I sewed on snaps instead of buttons. Charting new territories, I am. I feel another uncontrollable need for a nap…More on Friday! P.S. I’ll be participating in Nani IRO month\u00a0in a couple of weeks, and I’m drooling over the new line of fabrics at Miss Matatabi… P.P.S.\u00a0One last thing: if you’re in the Seattle\/Eastside area, I have a story time scheduled at University Book Store Bellevue tomorrow morning. Fun!<\/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":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13397","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sewing","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13397","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=13397"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13412,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13397\/revisions\/13412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}