{"id":1973,"date":"2013-02-04T06:00:35","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T14:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=1973"},"modified":"2013-02-04T08:13:34","modified_gmt":"2013-02-04T16:13:34","slug":"monday-outfit-just-peachy-after-school-jeans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=1973","title":{"rendered":"Monday Outfit: Just Peachy + After-School Jeans"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Good morning! Due to no school for K on Friday, I feel like I’ve just resurfaced from a marathon weekend, and I can barely remember what we did. How was yours? There were no Super Bowl shenanigans for us, that’s for sure – the only time I’ve enjoyed watching the sport was on Glee<\/a>, when Kurt shimmied to “All the Single Ladies.”<\/em>\u00a0And I’m not certain that counts (I suppose I would like the halftime show, come to think of it). Totally off-topic, but how cute is that toothless gap? Or maybe it looks a little scary like a mini vampire – it’s hard to tell when you’re blinded by parent-of-only-child-syndrome.<\/p>\n

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Anyway, the Monday outfit. Friends, I am so excited to tell you that I branched out! I tried to create my own design! Okay, I did use the turtleneck pattern<\/a> from a couple of weeks ago as a base, but tweaked quite a few things (adjusted the shoulders, made the turtleneck a little wider, lengthened the bodice a few inches). And added these puppies:<\/p>\n

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Zippered pockets. Cute, yes? That’s a maracas she’s stuffed into the other pocket. I am so<\/em> happy with them. M actually said with wonder, “You made<\/em> that?” At first glance, it looks professional, indeed. While taking photos, I did notice that the way I created the pocket linings generates a bulky line at the belly, but hey, for a first attempt, I think it’s pretty good.<\/p>\n

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The fabric is a cotton terry knit from here<\/a> (but they no longer seem to carry it). I love this cheerful light coral\/orange sherbet-y color, and delighted in the dark orange polka dot print that peeks out from the pockets. I also love that the dark orange happens to perfectly match those awesome shoes. The orange polka dot is a quilting cotton from Jo-Ann’s I believe.<\/p>\n

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For reference, I used this tutorial<\/a> to make the zippered pockets, though I cut out the pockets differently so they could be angled…I have an idea to improve upon the method, and will do a tutorial when I’ve tested it out!<\/p>\n

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Moving along to the jeans, I have to say that I’m finally and totally sold on Oliver + S patterns. I’m a Japanese patterns girl through and through, and have been reluctant to shift out of my comfort zone, but these After-School pants<\/a> are designed so<\/em> well and are incredibly stylish. And not having to add seam allowances is icing on the cake.<\/p>\n

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I top-stitched them to death, and am glad I did because these look like designer jeans to me. I think I might like these even more than the linen\/cotton blend denim\u00a0pants<\/a> I made a while back. K loves those and wears them all the time, which is why I wanted to make another pair of jeans.<\/p>\n

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I made the size 6, though she’s closer to a 7 lately, but with the stretchy dark denim fabric that I’ve been hoarding for at least four years (originally from here<\/a>, I’m pretty sure), it fits wonderfully. All in all, I think the outfit is just peachy.<\/p>\n

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Good morning! Due to no school for K on Friday, I feel like I’ve just resurfaced from a marathon weekend, and I can barely remember what we did. How was yours? There were no Super Bowl shenanigans for us, that’s for sure – the only time I’ve enjoyed watching the sport was on Glee, when Kurt shimmied to “All the Single Ladies.”\u00a0And I’m not certain that counts (I suppose I would like the halftime show, come to think of it). Totally off-topic, but how cute is that toothless gap? Or maybe it looks a little scary like a mini vampire – it’s hard to tell when you’re blinded by parent-of-only-child-syndrome. Anyway, the Monday outfit. Friends, I am so excited to tell you that I branched out! I tried to create my own design! Okay, I did use the turtleneck pattern from a couple of weeks ago as a base, but tweaked quite a few things (adjusted the shoulders, made the turtleneck a little wider, lengthened the bodice a few inches). And added these puppies: Zippered pockets. Cute, yes? That’s a maracas she’s stuffed into the other pocket. I am so happy with them. M actually said with wonder, “You made that?” At first glance, it looks professional, indeed. While taking photos, I did notice that the way I created the pocket linings generates a bulky line at the belly, but hey, for a first attempt, I think it’s pretty good. The fabric is a cotton terry knit from here (but they no longer seem to carry it). I love this cheerful light coral\/orange sherbet-y color, and delighted in the dark orange polka dot print that peeks out from the pockets. I also love that the dark orange happens to perfectly match those awesome shoes. The orange polka dot is a quilting cotton from Jo-Ann’s I believe. For reference, I used this tutorial to make the zippered pockets, though I cut out the pockets differently so they could be angled…I have an idea to improve upon the method, and will do a tutorial when I’ve tested it out! Moving along to the jeans, I have to say that I’m finally and totally sold on Oliver + S patterns. I’m a Japanese patterns girl through and through, and have been reluctant to shift out of my comfort zone, but these After-School pants are designed so well and are incredibly stylish. And not having to add seam allowances is icing on the cake. I top-stitched them to death, and am glad I did because these look like designer jeans to me. I think I might like these even more than the linen\/cotton blend denim\u00a0pants I made a while back. K loves those and wears them all the time, which is why I wanted to make another pair of jeans. I made the size 6, though she’s closer to a 7 lately, but with the stretchy dark denim fabric that I’ve been hoarding for at least four years (originally from here, I’m pretty sure), it fits wonderfully. All in all, I think the outfit is just peachy.  <\/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],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1973","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sewing","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1973","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=1973"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1986,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1973\/revisions\/1986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}