{"id":14125,"date":"2015-10-26T05:00:43","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T12:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=14125"},"modified":"2015-10-26T12:59:04","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T19:59:04","slug":"monday-outfit-superhero-k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=14125","title":{"rendered":"Monday Outfit: Superhero K"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"superherok1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Good morning! It was a weekend of highs and lows — shall we start with the lows? I had been looking forward to large chunks of sewing time, but it was not to be. Much to my dismay, I discovered that our basement was flooded and spent my allotted sewing time moving a large number of plastic bins and wiping down the the floor. Not fun.<\/p>\n

\"superherok2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

On the bright side, however, our basement is now sparkling clean and I managed to finish K’s costume in time for the school event. We even got our photo shoot squared away in record time.<\/p>\n

\"superherok3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Remember her instructions<\/a>? My one rule was that I wouldn’t buy any fabric for the costume because I simply cannot add any more to my already excessive pile, and I’m happy to report that I abided\u00a0by my own rule\u00a0with flying colors. The top, shorts and cape are all from my fabric stash, and I drafted them all myself.<\/p>\n

\"superherok5\"<\/a><\/p>\n

K is in love. We hauled ourselves to Fred Meyer (sort of like Target here in Seattle) and found the mask, belt, boots and fingerless gloves. I had actually been planning to make the gloves, but at $1.49 a pair, handmade gloves seemed pointless.<\/p>\n

\"superherok4\"<\/a><\/p>\n

M conceded to model for the photo shoot as well. They’re so funny.<\/p>\n

\"superherok7\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I had to redo the tie to the cape twice because the sparkly ribbon I used initially was too itchy, and then I found the perfect strip of faux leather and it was a done deal. This is a virtually no-sew cape made out of some shiny black knit and I watched this youtube video<\/a> to construct it (the sound quality of the video isn’t great, but his instructions were very clear and I had a cape in 15 minutes).<\/p>\n

In fact, I didn’t finish any seams, nor did I hem the shorts, so this costume came together ridiculously fast. The part that took the longest was the “K” stencil, only because we had to wait for it to dry.<\/p>\n

At Fred Meyer, we got one more thing:<\/p>\n

\"superherok8\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And yes, K did wear the whole get-up including the wig to the school event. Her friends squealed with delight when they recognized her after the initial confusion.<\/p>\n

\"superherok9\"<\/a><\/p>\n

To me, she looks like one of those troll dolls, though I think these photos are super fun:<\/p>\n

\"superherok10\"<\/a> \"superherok11\"<\/a><\/p>\n

She’s\u00a0all set for Halloween 2015! On the actual day, she’s going trick-or-treating with one of her best buddies outside of our neighborhood, followed by a special Hallow’s Eve sleepover. M and I may actually have a date night!<\/p>\n

My sweet girl – she absolutely adores her costume and it’s these sorts of moments that make me so happy that I sew.<\/p>\n

\"superherok6\"<\/a><\/p>\n

P.S. The winner of the giveaway<\/a> is Ksenia, congrats!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Good morning! It was a weekend of highs and lows — shall we start with the lows? I had been looking forward to large chunks of sewing time, but it was not to be. Much to my dismay, I discovered that our basement was flooded and spent my allotted sewing time moving a large number of plastic bins and wiping down the the floor. Not fun. On the bright side, however, our basement is now sparkling clean and I managed to finish K’s costume in time for the school event. We even got our photo shoot squared away in record time. Remember her instructions? My one rule was that I wouldn’t buy any fabric for the costume because I simply cannot add any more to my already excessive pile, and I’m happy to report that I abided\u00a0by my own rule\u00a0with flying colors. The top, shorts and cape are all from my fabric stash, and I drafted them all myself. K is in love. We hauled ourselves to Fred Meyer (sort of like Target here in Seattle) and found the mask, belt, boots and fingerless gloves. I had actually been planning to make the gloves, but at $1.49 a pair, handmade gloves seemed pointless. M conceded to model for the photo shoot as well. They’re so funny. I had to redo the tie to the cape twice because the sparkly ribbon I used initially was too itchy, and then I found the perfect strip of faux leather and it was a done deal. This is a virtually no-sew cape made out of some shiny black knit and I watched this youtube video to construct it (the sound quality of the video isn’t great, but his instructions were very clear and I had a cape in 15 minutes). In fact, I didn’t finish any seams, nor did I hem the shorts, so this costume came together ridiculously fast. The part that took the longest was the “K” stencil, only because we had to wait for it to dry. At Fred Meyer, we got one more thing: And yes, K did wear the whole get-up including the wig to the school event. Her friends squealed with delight when they recognized her after the initial confusion. To me, she looks like one of those troll dolls, though I think these photos are super fun: She’s\u00a0all set for Halloween 2015! On the actual day, she’s going trick-or-treating with one of her best buddies outside of our neighborhood, followed by a special Hallow’s Eve sleepover. M and I may actually have a date night! My sweet girl – she absolutely adores her costume and it’s these sorts of moments that make me so happy that I sew. P.S. The winner of the giveaway is Ksenia, 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":[15,40],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14125","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sewing","7":"category-sewing-for-k","8":"entry","9":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14125","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=14125"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14145,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14125\/revisions\/14145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}