{"id":7742,"date":"2013-12-13T05:00:36","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=7742"},"modified":"2013-12-12T19:45:59","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T03:45:59","slug":"monday-outfit-on-friday-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=7742","title":{"rendered":"Monday Outfit on Friday: Collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Happy Friday! I’m finally getting around to posting the Monday outfit today. It’s a special one — a collaboration of sorts. This ultra chic long cardi is the handiwork of the one and only Ba-chan (aka “Grandma” in Japanese, aka my mom). This is a noteworthy garment for many reasons, but mostly because this is perhaps the most restrained creation I have ever seen materialize from my mom’s hands. The woman’s favorite color is shocking pink, and no embellishment is safe from her clutches. The fact that this cardigan is a) practically monotone and b) devoid of beads and sparkles and bursts of neon — this is sending me into a sort of tailspin. In terms of aesthetics, my mom and I are polar opposites.<\/p>\n

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Back to the cardi: of course I adore it. And so does K. It looks fabulous on our little fashionista.<\/p>\n

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The wool is repurposed from an adult-sized sweater; the buttons were also part of the original sweater. I love that they’re oversized. As a matter of fact, I love everything about this cardi and wouldn’t mind one in my size.<\/p>\n

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My own contribution to the outfit is much less impressive. I’ve been on a t-shirt- and leggings-making bender, because I realized that K has pretty much outgrown most of her tees and leggings. I can’t get enough of stripey tees, and this one happened to be from the same fabric from which I’d made the infinity scarf a long time ago. I’m digging how the scarf makes the top look like a turtleneck. The sleeves are remnants from the Figgy Banyan Tee<\/a> – can you tell I’m trying to use up scraps?<\/p>\n

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The leggings are the favorite out of the bunch I made. I didn’t have enough length for them, so I pieced together the lower leg portion, and it gives it an unintentional designer feel. This grey ponte knit is fantastic: thick and warm and just the right clothing for winter. All in all, a very stylish outfit for our very stylish girl.<\/p>\n

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Have a delightful weekend, my friends! See you next week.<\/p>\n

Bernina is gone<\/em>
\nbut oh, I had forgotten:<\/em>
\nEl cheap-o Singer*<\/em><\/p>\n

*My beloved sewing machine has been carted off to get serviced, and the kind people at the repair shop vaguely promised a two-week turnaround. I was bereft until I remembered that I still had my back-up machine on which I’d learned to sew. I’m test driving it this weekend, let’s see how it goes. A lot<\/em> of sewing needs to happen for the holidays!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Happy Friday! I’m finally getting around to posting the Monday outfit today. It’s a special one — a collaboration of sorts. This ultra chic long cardi is the handiwork of the one and only Ba-chan (aka “Grandma” in Japanese, aka my mom). This is a noteworthy garment for many reasons, but mostly because this is perhaps the most restrained creation I have ever seen materialize from my mom’s hands. The woman’s favorite color is shocking pink, and no embellishment is safe from her clutches. The fact that this cardigan is a) practically monotone and b) devoid of beads and sparkles and bursts of neon — this is sending me into a sort of tailspin. In terms of aesthetics, my mom and I are polar opposites. Back to the cardi: of course I adore it. And so does K. It looks fabulous on our little fashionista. The wool is repurposed from an adult-sized sweater; the buttons were also part of the original sweater. I love that they’re oversized. As a matter of fact, I love everything about this cardi and wouldn’t mind one in my size. My own contribution to the outfit is much less impressive. I’ve been on a t-shirt- and leggings-making bender, because I realized that K has pretty much outgrown most of her tees and leggings. I can’t get enough of stripey tees, and this one happened to be from the same fabric from which I’d made the infinity scarf a long time ago. I’m digging how the scarf makes the top look like a turtleneck. The sleeves are remnants from the Figgy Banyan Tee – can you tell I’m trying to use up scraps? The leggings are the favorite out of the bunch I made. I didn’t have enough length for them, so I pieced together the lower leg portion, and it gives it an unintentional designer feel. This grey ponte knit is fantastic: thick and warm and just the right clothing for winter. All in all, a very stylish outfit for our very stylish girl. ****************************************************************** Have a delightful weekend, my friends! See you next week. Bernina is gone but oh, I had forgotten: El cheap-o Singer* *My beloved sewing machine has been carted off to get serviced, and the kind people at the repair shop vaguely promised a two-week turnaround. I was bereft until I remembered that I still had my back-up machine on which I’d learned to sew. I’m test driving it this weekend, let’s see how it goes. A lot of sewing needs to happen for the holidays!<\/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-7742","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\/7742","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=7742"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7761,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7742\/revisions\/7761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}