{"id":6203,"date":"2013-09-02T05:00:12","date_gmt":"2013-09-02T12:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=6203"},"modified":"2013-09-05T23:07:30","modified_gmt":"2013-09-06T06:07:30","slug":"monday-outfit-debbies-birthday-dress-hack-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=6203","title":{"rendered":"Monday Outfit: Debbie’s Birthday Dress Hack + Giveaway! [CLOSED]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Good morning, friends, how is this Labor Day Monday (if you’re in the US) treating you so far? Today, I’m excited to share some pattern re-mixing that I’ve been experimenting with – I think it’s a fun one.<\/p>\n

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If you remember, I’ve made the sewpony’s Debbie’s Birthday dress<\/a>\u00a0quite a few times here<\/a> and here<\/a>. It’s such a great basic design and views 1 and 2 are darling, but I absolutely love that the modification possibilities are endless.<\/p>\n

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I’ve been wanting to make a version with sleeves and welt pockets, and I was finally able to get it all done this weekend. I utilized the “proper” side of the knit I used for my lace tank here<\/a>, and because I just had a little left, I didn’t even bother trying to match up the print. No matter, it doesn’t take away from the sweetness of the dress, right?<\/p>\n

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This retro vibe makes me happy. Isn’t it very Mad Men? I wanted to play up the reversibility of the fabric and used the “wrong” side as bias binding for the neckline and sleeves, as well as for the pocket linings. I also added a quasi-exposed zipper (I totally botched that part up – don’t look too closely).<\/p>\n

Modifying the DBD was a cinch. I started with view 2 and simply extended the shoulders to make cap\/french sleeves, and lengthened the front and back bodice by a couple of inches (with the final version of the pattern, you won’t even need to do this since I was using the shorter version from the test pattern). I actually consulted my own tutorial<\/a> for the welt pockets and left out the zippers.<\/p>\n

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I feel like this is another good summer\/fall transitional dress. When it gets chillier, she can wear tights and a long-sleeves tee underneath, but for these warmer first weeks of school, it’s comfy as is.<\/p>\n

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I love it love it love it. When I started sewing for K last July, one of my hopes was to gain enough skills to translate the designs in my head into wearable garments. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve become very spatially and mathematically-challenged which is ironic for someone who went to a special school for advanced math and science, and it’s taken me a long time to figure out how pattern pieces fit together. Though I still feel very much like a novice, I sense that I’m getting closer to my goal. It’s so thrilling!!<\/p>\n

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And do you know what else is thrilling? Suz of sewpony<\/a> is offering one FREE Debbie’s Birthday Dress pattern<\/a>\u00a0to you, my lovely readers —\u00a0I’m so pleased to offer this giveaway! To enter the giveaway, in keeping with the inspiration of the DBD, please leave a comment with your favorite childhood book. I read a million books as a child, but the ones I kept reading and re-reading were the Madeline L’Engle series<\/a>, including the classic:\u00a0A Wrinkle in Time<\/a>. I also loved international folk tales translated into Japanese – confusing I know, but trust me, they were awesome.<\/p>\n

The giveaway is open until this Thursday, September 5th, and I will announce the winner the next day. Good luck!<\/p>\n

P.S. Suz is a contestant for Project Run & Play<\/a>! So exciting!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Good morning, friends, how is this Labor Day Monday (if you’re in the US) treating you so far? Today, I’m excited to share some pattern re-mixing that I’ve been experimenting with – I think it’s a fun one. If you remember, I’ve made the sewpony’s Debbie’s Birthday dress\u00a0quite a few times here and here. It’s such a great basic design and views 1 and 2 are darling, but I absolutely love that the modification possibilities are endless. I’ve been wanting to make a version with sleeves and welt pockets, and I was finally able to get it all done this weekend. I utilized the “proper” side of the knit I used for my lace tank here, and because I just had a little left, I didn’t even bother trying to match up the print. No matter, it doesn’t take away from the sweetness of the dress, right? This retro vibe makes me happy. Isn’t it very Mad Men? I wanted to play up the reversibility of the fabric and used the “wrong” side as bias binding for the neckline and sleeves, as well as for the pocket linings. I also added a quasi-exposed zipper (I totally botched that part up – don’t look too closely). Modifying the DBD was a cinch. I started with view 2 and simply extended the shoulders to make cap\/french sleeves, and lengthened the front and back bodice by a couple of inches (with the final version of the pattern, you won’t even need to do this since I was using the shorter version from the test pattern). I actually consulted my own tutorial for the welt pockets and left out the zippers. I feel like this is another good summer\/fall transitional dress. When it gets chillier, she can wear tights and a long-sleeves tee underneath, but for these warmer first weeks of school, it’s comfy as is. I love it love it love it. When I started sewing for K last July, one of my hopes was to gain enough skills to translate the designs in my head into wearable garments. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve become very spatially and mathematically-challenged which is ironic for someone who went to a special school for advanced math and science, and it’s taken me a long time to figure out how pattern pieces fit together. Though I still feel very much like a novice, I sense that I’m getting closer to my goal. It’s so thrilling!! And do you know what else is thrilling? Suz of sewpony is offering one FREE Debbie’s Birthday Dress pattern\u00a0to you, my lovely readers —\u00a0I’m so pleased to offer this giveaway! To enter the giveaway, in keeping with the inspiration of the DBD, please leave a comment with your favorite childhood book. I read a million books as a child, but the ones I kept reading and re-reading were the Madeline L’Engle series, including the classic:\u00a0A Wrinkle in Time. I also loved international folk tales translated into Japanese – confusing I know, but trust me, they were awesome. The giveaway is open until this Thursday, September 5th, and I will announce the winner the next day. Good luck! P.S. Suz is a contestant for Project Run & Play! So exciting!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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":[27,15,40],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6203","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-giveaway","7":"category-sewing","8":"category-sewing-for-k","9":"entry","10":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6203","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=6203"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6219,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6203\/revisions\/6219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}