{"id":6799,"date":"2013-10-07T05:00:40","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T12:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=6799"},"modified":"2013-10-06T22:27:18","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T05:27:18","slug":"monday-outfit-swedish-ish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=6799","title":{"rendered":"Monday Outfit: Swedish-ish"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Good morning, friends, I hope you had a lovely weekend! The weather was incredible here in Seattle, and we got to enjoy some outdoorsy fun including a birthday party at a farm (well, at least M and K did while I ran errands).<\/p>\n

I have long been a fan of the Scandinavian design and aesthetic. Say what you will about IKEA, but I think so many of their products look sharp, and I love that they’re usually wallet-friendly even if they don’t always stand the test of time. When I saw the sweater knit fabric at Pacific Fabrics<\/a> a few years ago, it evoked that Swedish sensibility and I had visions of a fall\/winter dress for K.<\/p>\n

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So I made one. But it didn’t quite come out the way I had envisioned it. I used a pattern from this book<\/a>; here’s the image of the “knit dress” from said book for reference:<\/p>\n

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As you can see, I made some modifications. I wanted it to be cold-weather appropriate so I lengthened the sleeves, and instead of patch pockets, I made side-seam ones, and I didn’t think the band on the bottom would look great with the printed knit so I extended the length by about three inches.<\/p>\n

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I don’t know…it’s not bad, but it just looks like an over-sized hooded sweatshirt instead of the charming dress I had concocted in my mind. Plus, I had issues with the neckline and it ended up a funky “v” shape and I wasn’t sure how to fix it (see the book image above for reference on how it’s supposed to look).<\/p>\n

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The good news is that K loves it. It’s super comfortable, in her favorite color and she’s enamored with pockets and hoods. So although it’s not the garment I’d hoped for, it’s still a winner, I think.<\/p>\n

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I had some of this fabric left over and another image in the same book caught my eye:<\/p>\n

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I thought the silhouette was fun, and I had just enough of the Swedish-ish fabric left for the bodice. I patched together some scrap knits I found (the skirt is supposed to be made out of a woven, but I wanted knit all the way). Again, I made some changes. I added long sleeves, lengthened the skirt and used elastic instead of ties for the hem. I knew that K would get all tangled up in those ties. I swooped it from my sewing machine, held it up to study it, and felt like something was just a little bit off. I just wasn’t crazy about the way the skirt hung limply:<\/p>\n

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I contemplated removing the elastic, but instead I tightened it to make the skirt “bubble” more, and it was suddenly <\/span>so<\/em> much cuter. I think taking out the elastic and shortening the skirt a tiny touch would also work.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This too, K loves. The jeggings are from the <\/span>Mini Me outfit<\/a>, and these are worn constantly. Ignore the white specks on her left leg – not sure what they are. The scooped neck is a little low, so later on in the day, we turned the dress around and it was perfect though I don’t have any photographic evidence.<\/span><\/p>\n

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One of the tricks I use to get K to take photos every week is that I let her listen to songs she likes on my ipad while I snap away. This week it was “Dumb Ways To Die<\/a>“, which makes me question my parenting skills (particularly the lyrics that go “Use you privates for piranha bait” and the bit about drug dealers — I get that they’re supposed to serve as warnings in an entertaining way, but I fear that it may give her ideas for pranks. I have to admit, the song is<\/em> funny), but K is obsessed with this song and has memorized almost the entire thing. She’s belting out “Die-aye-aye-aye” above.<\/p>\n

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All in all, a productive sewing week of trying my hand at modifying patterns! What do you think of the dresses?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Good morning, friends, I hope you had a lovely weekend! The weather was incredible here in Seattle, and we got to enjoy some outdoorsy fun including a birthday party at a farm (well, at least M and K did while I ran errands). I have long been a fan of the Scandinavian design and aesthetic. Say what you will about IKEA, but I think so many of their products look sharp, and I love that they’re usually wallet-friendly even if they don’t always stand the test of time. When I saw the sweater knit fabric at Pacific Fabrics a few years ago, it evoked that Swedish sensibility and I had visions of a fall\/winter dress for K. So I made one. But it didn’t quite come out the way I had envisioned it. I used a pattern from this book; here’s the image of the “knit dress” from said book for reference: As you can see, I made some modifications. I wanted it to be cold-weather appropriate so I lengthened the sleeves, and instead of patch pockets, I made side-seam ones, and I didn’t think the band on the bottom would look great with the printed knit so I extended the length by about three inches. I don’t know…it’s not bad, but it just looks like an over-sized hooded sweatshirt instead of the charming dress I had concocted in my mind. Plus, I had issues with the neckline and it ended up a funky “v” shape and I wasn’t sure how to fix it (see the book image above for reference on how it’s supposed to look). The good news is that K loves it. It’s super comfortable, in her favorite color and she’s enamored with pockets and hoods. So although it’s not the garment I’d hoped for, it’s still a winner, I think. I had some of this fabric left over and another image in the same book caught my eye: I thought the silhouette was fun, and I had just enough of the Swedish-ish fabric left for the bodice. I patched together some scrap knits I found (the skirt is supposed to be made out of a woven, but I wanted knit all the way). Again, I made some changes. I added long sleeves, lengthened the skirt and used elastic instead of ties for the hem. I knew that K would get all tangled up in those ties. I swooped it from my sewing machine, held it up to study it, and felt like something was just a little bit off. I just wasn’t crazy about the way the skirt hung limply: I contemplated removing the elastic, but instead I tightened it to make the skirt “bubble” more, and it was suddenly so much cuter. I think taking out the elastic and shortening the skirt a tiny touch would also work. This too, K loves. The jeggings are from the Mini Me outfit, and these are worn constantly. Ignore the white specks on her left leg – not sure what they are. The scooped neck is a little low, so later on in the day, we turned the dress around and it was perfect though I don’t have any photographic evidence. One of the tricks I use to get K to take photos every week is that I let her listen to songs she likes on my ipad while I snap away. This week it was “Dumb Ways To Die“, which makes me question my parenting skills (particularly the lyrics that go “Use you privates for piranha bait” and the bit about drug dealers — I get that they’re supposed to serve as warnings in an entertaining way, but I fear that it may give her ideas for pranks. I have to admit, the song is funny), but K is obsessed with this song and has memorized almost the entire thing. She’s belting out “Die-aye-aye-aye” above. All in all, a productive sewing week of trying my hand at modifying patterns! What do you think of the dresses?<\/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":[15,40],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6799","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sewing","7":"category-sewing-for-k","8":"entry","9":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6799","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=6799"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6832,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6799\/revisions\/6832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}