{"id":5464,"date":"2013-07-22T04:57:49","date_gmt":"2013-07-22T11:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=5464"},"modified":"2013-07-22T01:17:58","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T08:17:58","slug":"monday-outfit-floral-summer-dresses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=5464","title":{"rendered":"Monday Outfit: Floral Summer Dresses"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Good morning! Thank you for all the lovely comments and emails last week – we were all very touched and are holding dear the memories of M’s grandmother. I think K is so lucky to have actually known her wonderful great-grandma.<\/p>\n

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So today is Monday, and I almost didn’t have anything to share. K and I seem to have come down with a mild bug so I didn’t actually have a whole lot of energy for sewing this weekend, but I do have floral goodness that took minimal effort. I wanted to wrap up KCW summer<\/a> with something colorful, and when I asked K what she wanted, she plucked out this thrifted fabric from my stash and instructed me to make a dress. She verbally described it so no sketch today.<\/p>\n

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I believe this fabric is 100% cotton, and it took an hour to make. I’m almost embarrassed to admit that I used a pattern<\/a> because it’s basically two rectangles and four straps (i.e. six rectangles). I didn’t want to mess with my bobbin holder tension thingy, so the shirring isn’t as tight as it could be, but really, for a dress that took a mere sixty minutes to make, I think it’s awesome.<\/p>\n

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K LOVES this fabric, and is very happy with the dress indeed.<\/p>\n

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Now, this rather breezy, glamorous maxi is actually my<\/em> dress. I got it last year before my ready-to-wear abstention, and I’ve worn it…once. The fit at the top was horrible and too sheer and the mass of fabric with a ruffled bottom just didn’t look right on me.<\/p>\n

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K saw it in my “to alter” pile, and asked if she could wear it. Turns out that with a little strap adjustment and by hacking off about a dozen inches from the hem, it made a beautiful maxi for her. I also stitched the front together for modesty. So this is more of a re-fashion\/alteration than a true-blue handmade garment, but I’m glad I spent the half hour repurposing this dress.<\/p>\n

She specifically requested that the hem cover her feet. “Mommy,” she said sternly, “otherwise it wouldn’t have pizzazz.”<\/p>\n

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K is gaga over this dress and you can see how absolutely happy she is wearing it. Apparently there’s plenty of pizzazz. I feel like I’ve unlocked the secret door to the world where kids actually like wearing handmade clothes (or altered clothes, as it were). This KCW challenge was very eye-opening in that: 1) K has crazy good design skills 2) She actually enjoys getting photos taken when wearing something she likes and 3) It’s way more fun sewing clothes with K’s input. I’ll have to remember all this going forward.<\/p>\n

Two dresses, one thrilled girl, and a satisfied mama. Not too shabby for an hour and a half, right?<\/p>\n

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Good morning! Thank you for all the lovely comments and emails last week – we were all very touched and are holding dear the memories of M’s grandmother. I think K is so lucky to have actually known her wonderful great-grandma. So today is Monday, and I almost didn’t have anything to share. K and I seem to have come down with a mild bug so I didn’t actually have a whole lot of energy for sewing this weekend, but I do have floral goodness that took minimal effort. I wanted to wrap up KCW summer with something colorful, and when I asked K what she wanted, she plucked out this thrifted fabric from my stash and instructed me to make a dress. She verbally described it so no sketch today. I believe this fabric is 100% cotton, and it took an hour to make. I’m almost embarrassed to admit that I used a pattern because it’s basically two rectangles and four straps (i.e. six rectangles). I didn’t want to mess with my bobbin holder tension thingy, so the shirring isn’t as tight as it could be, but really, for a dress that took a mere sixty minutes to make, I think it’s awesome. K LOVES this fabric, and is very happy with the dress indeed. Now, this rather breezy, glamorous maxi is actually my dress. I got it last year before my ready-to-wear abstention, and I’ve worn it…once. The fit at the top was horrible and too sheer and the mass of fabric with a ruffled bottom just didn’t look right on me. K saw it in my “to alter” pile, and asked if she could wear it. Turns out that with a little strap adjustment and by hacking off about a dozen inches from the hem, it made a beautiful maxi for her. I also stitched the front together for modesty. So this is more of a re-fashion\/alteration than a true-blue handmade garment, but I’m glad I spent the half hour repurposing this dress. She specifically requested that the hem cover her feet. “Mommy,” she said sternly, “otherwise it wouldn’t have pizzazz.” K is gaga over this dress and you can see how absolutely happy she is wearing it. Apparently there’s plenty of pizzazz. I feel like I’ve unlocked the secret door to the world where kids actually like wearing handmade clothes (or altered clothes, as it were). This KCW challenge was very eye-opening in that: 1) K has crazy good design skills 2) She actually enjoys getting photos taken when wearing something she likes and 3) It’s way more fun sewing clothes with K’s input. I’ll have to remember all this going forward. Two dresses, one thrilled girl, and a satisfied mama. Not too shabby for an hour and a half, right?<\/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-5464","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\/5464","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=5464"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5484,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5464\/revisions\/5484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}