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\nHello, my friends! We just survived an epic, record-breaking Pacific Northwest heatwave (108 degrees on Monday) and I\u2019ve never been more thankful for our scary-and-fit-for-a-horror-movie basement that remained at least 15 degrees cooler throughout the onslaught of scorching temps. For some reason, I always associate heatwaves with that bit in The Great Gatsby when the characters are all resting on tasteful settees or davenports with white curtains billowing about. My own situation was decidedly the exact opposite of that \u2014 we sweated up a storm in a dark, airless, bunker-esque\u00a0room.<\/p>\n

Katara, our cat, was flopped on her side the entire time. She refused to go down to the basement and stubbornly stayed in the sweltering upstairs levels, If she could speak human, she would have said, \u201cI\u2019m done. Stick a fork in me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Heatwave notwithstanding, I had a decent output in terms of illustrating and sewing. I\u2019ve now posted on Instagram every week for six solid months, and my friends, it\u2019s time for a break. I\u2019ve decided to delete Instagram for the month of July to fully unplug. I wanted see if I could consistently produce illustrations and sewing projects without making any excuses and the answer is clearly yes. This was meant to be a personal experiment just for me because I\u2019d always been a procrastinator and excuse-maker and I didn\u2019t want to be those things anymore. I\u2019m glad I\u2019m creating this new level of trust with myself.<\/p>\n

Next week we\u2019re heading out to visit family in Michigan and we\u2019ll be celebrating M\u2019s and K\u2019s birthdays later in July. We have camping trips and outings planned and really, I just want to enjoy a few weeks without the constant pull to produce, produce, produce, which is probably both my strength and downfall. I do have a few deadlines, but compared to the sewing book deadlines, the current projects on my docket are easy-peasy.<\/p>\n

So here are the illustrations and sewing projects from June:<\/p>\n

SEWING PROJECTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

I quickly made the reversible ironing board cover for the sewing book photoshoot, and I\u2019m so glad I did! It\u2019s not that I minded ironing before, but now it feels inexplicably special to be pressing fabrics and sewn items on a custom cover. There’s a quick tutorial on how to make it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The flutter-sleeve tops are self-drafted based on an old Anthropologie top, and I\u2019ve been wearing them a lot. I started sewing a lot more for K these last few weeks and she\u2019s been requesting cropped, puff-sleeve tops as teenagers are wont to do (I\u2019m told). The first top was a flop. I drafted it but it didn\u2019t fit well, so I tried out the Tudor Blouse<\/a> pattern by Stitch Witch Patterns<\/a>, which was recommended to me via IG \u2014 social media can be wonderful at times. K loves both her button-down and wrap Tudor tops!<\/p>\n

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ILLUSTRATIONS<\/b>
\nI used Spoonflower<\/a> to test a couple of my repeat patterns (the bunny and birds), which was fun. I originally had the idea of getting fabric printed regularly but didn\u2019t realize that shipping would take so long…I may just add my designs to Spoonflower a<\/a>nd see how the mock-ups look — how amazing that the mock-ups are instantly created on the Spoonflower site! In general, I\u2019m having a blast practicing seamless patterns and I\u2019m really loving my morning routine of painting simple watercolor illustrations.<\/p>\n

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More details on my Instagram feed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I hope you all had a lovely June! As I mentioned before, I turned fifty this month and after much contemplation, I came to the conclusion that my fifth decade is simply about being unapologetically myself. Aging is marvelous and I wish I\u2019d had more examples of people expressing that. No matter, I\u2019ll<\/i> be that example. Aging is awesome, y\u2019all. It really is.<\/p>\n

Alright, I\u2019ll be back at the end of July with a quick update, and my weekly Instagram postings will resume in August. I\u2019m looking forward to taking this break and to come back refreshed and raring to go! I also have exciting updates later this summer! xoxo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello, my friends! We just survived an epic, record-breaking Pacific Northwest heatwave (108 degrees on Monday) and I\u2019ve never been more thankful for our scary-and-fit-for-a-horror-movie basement that remained at least 15 degrees cooler throughout the onslaught of scorching temps. For some reason, I always associate heatwaves with that bit in The Great Gatsby when the characters are all resting on tasteful settees or davenports with white curtains billowing about. My own situation was decidedly the exact opposite of that \u2014 we sweated up a storm in a dark, airless, bunker-esque\u00a0room. Katara, our cat, was flopped on her side the entire time. She refused to go down to the basement and stubbornly stayed in the sweltering upstairs levels, If she could speak human, she would have said, \u201cI\u2019m done. Stick a fork in me.\u201d Heatwave notwithstanding, I had a decent output in terms of illustrating and sewing. I\u2019ve now posted on Instagram every week for six solid months, and my friends, it\u2019s time for a break. I\u2019ve decided to delete Instagram for the month of July to fully unplug. I wanted see if I could consistently produce illustrations and sewing projects without making any excuses and the answer is clearly yes. This was meant to be a personal experiment just for me because I\u2019d always been a procrastinator and excuse-maker and I didn\u2019t want to be those things anymore. I\u2019m glad I\u2019m creating this new level of trust with myself. Next week we\u2019re heading out to visit family in Michigan and we\u2019ll be celebrating M\u2019s and K\u2019s birthdays later in July. We have camping trips and outings planned and really, I just want to enjoy a few weeks without the constant pull to produce, produce, produce, which is probably both my strength and downfall. I do have a few deadlines, but compared to the sewing book deadlines, the current projects on my docket are easy-peasy. So here are the illustrations and sewing projects from June: SEWING PROJECTS I quickly made the reversible ironing board cover for the sewing book photoshoot, and I\u2019m so glad I did! It\u2019s not that I minded ironing before, but now it feels inexplicably special to be pressing fabrics and sewn items on a custom cover. There’s a quick tutorial on how to make it here. The flutter-sleeve tops are self-drafted based on an old Anthropologie top, and I\u2019ve been wearing them a lot. I started sewing a lot more for K these last few weeks and she\u2019s been requesting cropped, puff-sleeve tops as teenagers are wont to do (I\u2019m told). The first top was a flop. I drafted it but it didn\u2019t fit well, so I tried out the Tudor Blouse pattern by Stitch Witch Patterns, which was recommended to me via IG \u2014 social media can be wonderful at times. K loves both her button-down and wrap Tudor tops! ILLUSTRATIONS I used Spoonflower to test a couple of my repeat patterns (the bunny and birds), which was fun. I originally had the idea of getting fabric printed regularly but didn\u2019t realize that shipping would take so long…I may just add my designs to Spoonflower and see how the mock-ups look — how amazing that the mock-ups are instantly created on the Spoonflower site! In general, I\u2019m having a blast practicing seamless patterns and I\u2019m really loving my morning routine of painting simple watercolor illustrations. More details on my Instagram feed here. I hope you all had a lovely June! As I mentioned before, I turned fifty this month and after much contemplation, I came to the conclusion that my fifth decade is simply about being unapologetically myself. Aging is marvelous and I wish I\u2019d had more examples of people expressing that. No matter, I\u2019ll be that example. Aging is awesome, y\u2019all. It really is. Alright, I\u2019ll be back at the end of July with a quick update, and my weekly Instagram postings will resume in August. I\u2019m looking forward to taking this break and to come back refreshed and raring to go! I also have exciting updates later this summer! xoxo<\/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":[12,15,40,35],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17584","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-illustration","7":"category-sewing","8":"category-sewing-for-k","9":"category-sewing-for-me","10":"entry","11":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17584","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=17584"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17593,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17584\/revisions\/17593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}