{"id":18737,"date":"2026-02-28T18:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T02:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=18737"},"modified":"2026-02-28T16:54:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T00:54:16","slug":"sewing-stirrings-updated-cat-basket-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=18737","title":{"rendered":"Sewing Stirrings + Updated Cat Basket Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Hello, my friends!<\/p>\n

I\u2019m feeling the familiar stirrings as warmer weather approaches \u2014 I\u2019ve mentioned before that I hibernate and don\u2019t sew much in the winter for some reason, but I\u2019ve begun sketching outfits that I want to sew starting this week. Spring is not quite yet here, but my sewing mojo is blossoming!<\/p>\n

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In other news, I created this cat basket tutorial for Making Magazine (RIP) many years ago. Part of the licensing agreement was that I could sell the PDF in my own shop<\/a><\/strong> using their layout. I\u2019ve sold a handful of this pattern and a kind customer reached out recently because she noticed that the measurements seemed off. I investigated the matter, and sure enough, I felt that a correction was in order. With a bit of stretching, the original measurements would still work, but I stitched up a bunch with the new instructions and it\u2019s definitely better. I also adjusted the cat ear template and reformatted the entire PDF to make it easier to read and print.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m working on sending out the updated versions to all previous customers who purchased the cat basket pattern. If you have a copy of the Making Magazine Lines with the tutorial, I\u2019m happy to send you the updated PDF. Just leave me a comment below.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re interested in the slightly new and improved version, I\u2019ve replaced the PDF in my Etsy<\/a><\/strong> and webshop<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n

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Alright, off to go sew!<\/p>\n

Last two photos of cat basket courtesy of Making Magazine<\/em><\/p>\n

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Hello, my friends! I\u2019m feeling the familiar stirrings as warmer weather approaches \u2014 I\u2019ve mentioned before that I hibernate and don\u2019t sew much in the winter for some reason, but I\u2019ve begun sketching outfits that I want to sew starting this week. Spring is not quite yet here, but my sewing mojo is blossoming! In other news, I created this cat basket tutorial for Making Magazine (RIP) many years ago. Part of the licensing agreement was that I could sell the PDF in my own shop using their layout. I\u2019ve sold a handful of this pattern and a kind customer reached out recently because she noticed that the measurements seemed off. I investigated the matter, and sure enough, I felt that a correction was in order. With a bit of stretching, the original measurements would still work, but I stitched up a bunch with the new instructions and it\u2019s definitely better. I also adjusted the cat ear template and reformatted the entire PDF to make it easier to read and print. I\u2019m working on sending out the updated versions to all previous customers who purchased the cat basket pattern. If you have a copy of the Making Magazine Lines with the tutorial, I\u2019m happy to send you the updated PDF. Just leave me a comment below. If you\u2019re interested in the slightly new and improved version, I\u2019ve replaced the PDF in my Etsy and webshop! Alright, off to go sew! Last two photos of cat basket courtesy of Making Magazine  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18744,"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":[14,12,15],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18737","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-crafts","8":"category-illustration","9":"category-sewing","10":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18737","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=18737"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18749,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18737\/revisions\/18749"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}