{"id":15131,"date":"2016-03-30T05:00:05","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T12:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=15131"},"modified":"2016-03-29T20:17:11","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T03:17:11","slug":"mccalls-7251-in-black-white-knit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=15131","title":{"rendered":"McCall’s 7251 in Black + White Knit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As I tossed on my new top, set up the tripod to take these photos and wrestled my out-of-control hair into a braid, I had a major\u00a0realization: I am at ease in my body. I don’t say this lightly because…well, until now I’ve NEVER been at ease in my body.<\/p>\n

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I won’t belabor the point, but when I finally got over all the excuses I built up and\u00a0sewed my first pair of Ginger Jeans<\/a>\u00a0earlier this year (I’m wearing them in these pix — they’re my favorite pair of jeans ever<\/em>), something shifted. I’m even going to say it was seismic in scale. It’s not like I’ve lost weight or have become super fit, though I do exercise regularly and that’s part of it. Sewing is another part of it, for sure.\u00a0I’m convinced that the jeans-making was a significant turning point, but this burgeoning ease has been going on for a while\u00a0in a nearly imperceptible way. I have many thoughts on this but I haven’t yet consolidated them into anything coherent, so I’ll have to mull over this a bit. Or not. It’s nice to feel comfy in my bod (and sort of weird since it’s not a familiar feeling) and maybe I don’t have to analyze it to death like I do with everything.<\/p>\n

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Today, though, I’m featuring a knit top I made using McCall’s 7251<\/a>, view A in a size 12.<\/p>\n

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It’s so incredibly comfortable, I may just head straight to bed in it. Don’t I look sleepy up there? The fabric is a rayon jersey from here<\/a>, and it handled easily without curling or slipping all over the place.<\/p>\n

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Now, I know that this demure shirt isn’t going to turn heads, but it was deceptively time-consuming. What with all the pintucks and hand-stitching of the neckband facing and placket, I was pretty wiped out by the time I finished hemming it.<\/p>\n

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I like the hi-lo\u00a0hem. There were supposed to be slits, but I’ve decided slits just aren’t my jam. To accommodate for the change, I curved the edges of the back piece where it meets the front piece.<\/p>\n

Other changes:<\/p>\n