{"id":5790,"date":"2013-08-13T04:52:05","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T11:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=5790"},"modified":"2013-08-13T09:43:26","modified_gmt":"2013-08-13T16:43:26","slug":"sartorial-musings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=5790","title":{"rendered":"Sartorial Musings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pink+Grey Striped Knit Top<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Lace+Navy Tank Top<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Coral-Striped Kimono Top<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/em>
\nWhite Linen Blend Skirt<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Ikat Knit Tank<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Pink Scoop Top<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Brown Linen Tank Top<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/em>
\nStripey Scoop Top<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Textured Maxi<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Navy Chevron Maxi<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Contrary to the impression I’m making on this here blog,\u00a0I’m actually a pretty organized and very reliable person. I’ve always been pathological about meeting deadlines and following-through, but lately…hmmmmmmmmmm. Let’s just say I’m working on getting back on track. Maybe the sweltering sauna that is my bedroom\u00a0and the lack of routine is throwing me off. I’m so<\/em> excited for fall and the attendant predictable schedules.<\/p>\n

Anyway, before summer ends, I wanted to recap my attempt at making a vacation wardrobe. Remember my sketched plans for all the things I wanted to sew up for our Michigan trip back in June?<\/p>\n

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I had a goal of creating 10 items to take with me, and I fulfilled it! What you see way at the top is what I ended up packing with me, and I wore every. single. thing while inhaling inhuman amounts of cherry-studded foods. Admittedly, all are super simple garments to make, but these were early days of my dipping my toes into sewing for myself. I’m sad that not everything held up well. The stripey scoop top<\/a> snagged itself onto every protrusion and died a rapid death, the bias bindings of the textured maxi<\/a> and brown linen tank<\/a> need mending, and the white skirt still leaves me feeling undignified every time I wiggle into it (no closure, if you recall). In spite of all of that, my mother-in-law kept asking me if I made my ready-to-wear clothes instead of my handmade ones, so I was secretly pumping my fist in the air.<\/p>\n

So I’ve been whipping out weekly outfits for myself for almost three months now, and I’ve been learning a ton. First of all, I’m acutely aware of my body shape on a whole new level, complete with sewing terminology.<\/p>\n

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Back in the day, I would have been mortified to admit that I have a back to rival a petite sumo wrestler (there are such things), a reptilian-like long torso and a non-existent patootie. My standard operation involved retail therapy to find an outfit that would hide said elements. And then I would usually feel bummed out when the clothes would in fact highlight them.<\/p>\n

The funny thing about sewing for myself is that in roughly twelve weeks, I stopped seeing my body as flawed. I used to stare dismally at ill-fitting clothes in ghastly-lit dressing rooms, vowing to go on a diet stat, because I thought weight loss was the answer to everything. I now view these unique attributes as just that. Attributes. Contours that are challenging to fit, yes, but they don’t make my stomach sink to the depths of despair.<\/p>\n

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I have big plans for the fall, my friends. Jackets. Perhaps a coat. Easy, drapey long-sleeved tops. Pants. Lots of dresses – I discovered that I love<\/em> dresses! I’ve gotten over being embarrassed about the muscularity of my legs, and adore the ease and comfort of a good dress. Underwear? That might be a tough one. And I will continue to sew for K too, of course. I feel, however, that her modeling days — at least with some semblance of willingness — might be numbered…we shall see.<\/p>\n

I still have a long way to go in terms of making truly great-fitting and wearable clothes for myself, but I don’t think I’ll ever buy clothes again. Well, unless it’s something phenomenally fabulous that makes me look like Salma Hayek (which would never happen, so maybe I’ll be sewing clothes for myself till I keel over). It’s been over a year since I bought any clothes, and frankly, I don’t miss it at all. Shoes, on the other hand…maybe I need to learn cobbler skills.<\/p>\n

In the last few days I’ve been immersing myself in sewing blogs and visited burdastyle.com for the first time. Over 880,000 members! And so many blogs! So inspiring, but so overwhelming. For now, I have more fit issues to conquer and will share my progress soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pink+Grey Striped Knit Top\u00a0|\u00a0Lace+Navy Tank Top\u00a0|\u00a0Coral-Striped Kimono Top\u00a0|\u00a0 White Linen Blend Skirt\u00a0|\u00a0Ikat Knit Tank\u00a0|\u00a0Pink Scoop Top\u00a0|\u00a0Brown Linen Tank Top\u00a0|\u00a0 Stripey Scoop Top\u00a0|\u00a0Textured Maxi\u00a0|\u00a0Navy Chevron Maxi\u00a0 Contrary to the impression I’m making on this here blog,\u00a0I’m actually a pretty organized and very reliable person. I’ve always been pathological about meeting deadlines and following-through, but lately…hmmmmmmmmmm. Let’s just say I’m working on getting back on track. Maybe the sweltering sauna that is my bedroom\u00a0and the lack of routine is throwing me off. I’m so excited for fall and the attendant predictable schedules. Anyway, before summer ends, I wanted to recap my attempt at making a vacation wardrobe. Remember my sketched plans for all the things I wanted to sew up for our Michigan trip back in June?   I had a goal of creating 10 items to take with me, and I fulfilled it! What you see way at the top is what I ended up packing with me, and I wore every. single. thing while inhaling inhuman amounts of cherry-studded foods. Admittedly, all are super simple garments to make, but these were early days of my dipping my toes into sewing for myself. I’m sad that not everything held up well. The stripey scoop top snagged itself onto every protrusion and died a rapid death, the bias bindings of the textured maxi and brown linen tank need mending, and the white skirt still leaves me feeling undignified every time I wiggle into it (no closure, if you recall). In spite of all of that, my mother-in-law kept asking me if I made my ready-to-wear clothes instead of my handmade ones, so I was secretly pumping my fist in the air. So I’ve been whipping out weekly outfits for myself for almost three months now, and I’ve been learning a ton. First of all, I’m acutely aware of my body shape on a whole new level, complete with sewing terminology. Back in the day, I would have been mortified to admit that I have a back to rival a petite sumo wrestler (there are such things), a reptilian-like long torso and a non-existent patootie. My standard operation involved retail therapy to find an outfit that would hide said elements. And then I would usually feel bummed out when the clothes would in fact highlight them. The funny thing about sewing for myself is that in roughly twelve weeks, I stopped seeing my body as flawed. I used to stare dismally at ill-fitting clothes in ghastly-lit dressing rooms, vowing to go on a diet stat, because I thought weight loss was the answer to everything. I now view these unique attributes as just that. Attributes. Contours that are challenging to fit, yes, but they don’t make my stomach sink to the depths of despair. I have big plans for the fall, my friends. Jackets. Perhaps a coat. Easy, drapey long-sleeved tops. Pants. Lots of dresses – I discovered that I love dresses! I’ve gotten over being embarrassed about the muscularity of my legs, and adore the ease and comfort of a good dress. Underwear? That might be a tough one. And I will continue to sew for K too, of course. I feel, however, that her modeling days — at least with some semblance of willingness — might be numbered…we shall see. I still have a long way to go in terms of making truly great-fitting and wearable clothes for myself, but I don’t think I’ll ever buy clothes again. Well, unless it’s something phenomenally fabulous that makes me look like Salma Hayek (which would never happen, so maybe I’ll be sewing clothes for myself till I keel over). It’s been over a year since I bought any clothes, and frankly, I don’t miss it at all. Shoes, on the other hand…maybe I need to learn cobbler skills. In the last few days I’ve been immersing myself in sewing blogs and visited burdastyle.com for the first time. Over 880,000 members! And so many blogs! So inspiring, but so overwhelming. For now, I have more fit issues to conquer and will share my progress soon!<\/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":[6,8,12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5790","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-black-and-white","7":"category-gouache","8":"category-illustration","9":"entry","10":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5790","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=5790"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5795,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5790\/revisions\/5795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}