{"id":13856,"date":"2015-08-26T05:00:27","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T12:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=13856"},"modified":"2015-09-04T09:25:51","modified_gmt":"2015-09-04T16:25:51","slug":"giveaway-stylish-party-dresses-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=13856","title":{"rendered":"Giveaway: Stylish Party Dresses [CLOSED]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yet another giveaway! Tuttle Publishing<\/a> has put forth a fun book<\/a>\"\" — all about party dresses! In case you were wondering, I didn’t translate this one. And because it’s not going to be available until September 15th, today’s post is a bit of a sneak peek.<\/p>\n

There are 26 patterns (a – z)\u00a0with that simple, flow-y and Japanese look and feel. The title is a little misleading since\u00a0there are a number of separates too. That just adds to the versatility, I say. I flipped through the pages and liked these in particular:<\/p>\n

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And then I thought, why not sew one?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

I selected pattern V because the raglan construction looked super easy:<\/p>\n

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I was talking to one of my favorite baristas yesterday, and as I rustled about my bag in search of\u00a0dollar bills for my soy latte, he told me how he’s been invited to 13 weddings so far this year. 13!!! Even if I added up all the weddings I’ve been to including my own, I would come up short. The barista is<\/em> very charming and witty, so I can see why he’d be inundated with invites. Feeling quite inadequate about my barren social calendar, I decided that I should make a casual dress out of knit instead. I found this slinky and soft jersey knit in navy and black lounging in one of my fabric bins and the die was cast.<\/p>\n

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I don’t know…the only fiesta vibe that this dress is evoking is “pajama party”. As you can imagine, it’s mighty comfy. In fact, when K saw me in my freshly made attire, she squealed, “Mama! I love that — it’s so pretty! I want one just like it to wear to bed!” The fabric is from here<\/a>, I’m assuming, though I’m destined to feature fabric they’re out of. I didn’t have quite enough for the sleeves so I shaved off 3 inches from the sleeve length.<\/p>\n

Maybe if I belt it?<\/p>\n

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Or no?<\/p>\n

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Not sure…<\/p>\n

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Either way, the keyhole detail in the back is nice, and I even added knit interfacing (like this<\/a>\"\") which is a step I usually skip.<\/p>\n

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A word of caution: I found some mistakes with the instructions. For example, the facing is supposed to be sewn on right side together, but the instructions are reversed. Also, I thought this was a funny misprint:<\/p>\n

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There’s a\u00a0missing line — can you see it?<\/p>\n

These are minor\u00a0issues though, and the garments included are quite lovely. Would you like to win a copy?<\/p>\n

To enter the giveaway, any comment will do but perhaps you’d like to regale me with a tale of a recent bash you’ve attended (I like to live vicariously). Or maybe share a favorite party song. Or you could vote on belted vs. non-belted for the pajama party dress. Anything, really. I’ll leave the giveaway open until next Thursday, September 3rd and will announce the winner the next day. International entries welcome! Good luck!!<\/p>\n

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Yet another giveaway! Tuttle Publishing has put forth a fun book — all about party dresses! In case you were wondering, I didn’t translate this one. And because it’s not going to be available until September 15th, today’s post is a bit of a sneak peek. There are 26 patterns (a – z)\u00a0with that simple, flow-y and Japanese look and feel. The title is a little misleading since\u00a0there are a number of separates too. That just adds to the versatility, I say. I flipped through the pages and liked these in particular: And then I thought, why not sew one?\u00a0 I selected pattern V because the raglan construction looked super easy: I was talking to one of my favorite baristas yesterday, and as I rustled about my bag in search of\u00a0dollar bills for my soy latte, he told me how he’s been invited to 13 weddings so far this year. 13!!! Even if I added up all the weddings I’ve been to including my own, I would come up short. The barista is very charming and witty, so I can see why he’d be inundated with invites. Feeling quite inadequate about my barren social calendar, I decided that I should make a casual dress out of knit instead. I found this slinky and soft jersey knit in navy and black lounging in one of my fabric bins and the die was cast. I don’t know…the only fiesta vibe that this dress is evoking is “pajama party”. As you can imagine, it’s mighty comfy. In fact, when K saw me in my freshly made attire, she squealed, “Mama! I love that — it’s so pretty! I want one just like it to wear to bed!” The fabric is from here, I’m assuming, though I’m destined to feature fabric they’re out of. I didn’t have quite enough for the sleeves so I shaved off 3 inches from the sleeve length. Maybe if I belt it? Or no? Not sure… Either way, the keyhole detail in the back is nice, and I even added knit interfacing (like this) which is a step I usually skip. A word of caution: I found some mistakes with the instructions. For example, the facing is supposed to be sewn on right side together, but the instructions are reversed. Also, I thought this was a funny misprint: There’s a\u00a0missing line — can you see it? These are minor\u00a0issues though, and the garments included are quite lovely. Would you like to win a copy? To enter the giveaway, any comment will do but perhaps you’d like to regale me with a tale of a recent bash you’ve attended (I like to live vicariously). Or maybe share a favorite party song. Or you could vote on belted vs. non-belted for the pajama party dress. Anything, really. I’ll leave the giveaway open until next Thursday, September 3rd and will announce the winner the next day. International entries welcome! Good luck!!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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":[27,35],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13856","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-giveaway","7":"category-sewing-for-me","8":"entry","9":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13856","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=13856"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13980,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13856\/revisions\/13980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}