{"id":9297,"date":"2014-03-31T05:00:50","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T12:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=9297"},"modified":"2014-03-30T18:23:23","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T01:23:23","slug":"monday-outfit-necessities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=9297","title":{"rendered":"Monday Outfit: Necessities"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Good morning! I hope you had a delightful weekend – ours was busy but happy. What you see above is a small segment of K’s wardrobe, “small” being the operative word here.\u00a0There is a dresser stuffed with more knits and pants\/shorts\/skirts, and at least one large basket brimming with K’s outfits, waiting to be laundered.<\/p>\n

It’s becoming a situation<\/em>. A quasi-problematic one.<\/p>\n

I’m all for slow fashion, but I have a feeling that I’m slapping that whole concept in the face and upside the head (have I written that before? I feel like I have). Admittedly, the pile-up is due to the fact that Japanese patterns are inherently generous in sizing, and in some cases, she’s still able to wear clothes I made two years ago. So that’s both good and bad. Good because longevity is totally sustainable and cool. Bad because then I feel guilty for making more clothes that are not strictly necessary (the necessity ship sailed a long time ago for me, I realize, but I do think about it. Sometimes).<\/p>\n

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If it were up to me, I would sew up fanciful, vintage-inspired-yet-modern outfits made out of linen and double-gauze\u00a0every week<\/em>. However, there are times when I have to be practical. Faced with the increasing number of wedgies K seems to suffer through, I sighed with resignation and pulled out the underwear pattern<\/a> she loves so much. Don’t get me wrong, the pattern is awesome — if somewhat boy’s briefs-esque — \u00a0and the fit is amazing. K has declared them the most comfortable underwear ever. It’s just that it falls under the dutiful\/pragmatic section of my patterns like pajamas and long sleeve tees that are fun but not as fun as, say, a dress with multi-directional stripes or a reversible coat.<\/p>\n

\"undies-take2-1\"<\/a>So I’m making undies again<\/a>. I have a bin that is chock full of knit scraps, and K has chosen these below (she said she doesn’t like the butterflies or the gold dots, which is a tad hard to see up there, but I think she’ll end up loving them):<\/p>\n

\"undies-take2-2\"<\/a>And this incredibly plain, nude-colored one is also one of her picks, currently under construction:<\/p>\n

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Here are a few others fabrics I’m planning on transforming to cute underpinnings. K loves<\/em> stripes.<\/p>\n

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It seems that the pattern is no longer for sale, but I just discovered that\u00a0Anna of Noodlehead<\/a> made the darling-est versions without the front panel – must try!! I also must get my hands on more whimsical knits – those dogs are fantastic! Have you sewn any underwear lately? I think it might be time for me to attempt grown-up ones very, very soon…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Good morning! I hope you had a delightful weekend – ours was busy but happy. What you see above is a small segment of K’s wardrobe, “small” being the operative word here.\u00a0There is a dresser stuffed with more knits and pants\/shorts\/skirts, and at least one large basket brimming with K’s outfits, waiting to be laundered. It’s becoming a situation. A quasi-problematic one. I’m all for slow fashion, but I have a feeling that I’m slapping that whole concept in the face and upside the head (have I written that before? I feel like I have). Admittedly, the pile-up is due to the fact that Japanese patterns are inherently generous in sizing, and in some cases, she’s still able to wear clothes I made two years ago. So that’s both good and bad. Good because longevity is totally sustainable and cool. Bad because then I feel guilty for making more clothes that are not strictly necessary (the necessity ship sailed a long time ago for me, I realize, but I do think about it. Sometimes). If it were up to me, I would sew up fanciful, vintage-inspired-yet-modern outfits made out of linen and double-gauze\u00a0every week. However, there are times when I have to be practical. Faced with the increasing number of wedgies K seems to suffer through, I sighed with resignation and pulled out the underwear pattern she loves so much. Don’t get me wrong, the pattern is awesome — if somewhat boy’s briefs-esque — \u00a0and the fit is amazing. K has declared them the most comfortable underwear ever. It’s just that it falls under the dutiful\/pragmatic section of my patterns like pajamas and long sleeve tees that are fun but not as fun as, say, a dress with multi-directional stripes or a reversible coat. So I’m making undies again. I have a bin that is chock full of knit scraps, and K has chosen these below (she said she doesn’t like the butterflies or the gold dots, which is a tad hard to see up there, but I think she’ll end up loving them): And this incredibly plain, nude-colored one is also one of her picks, currently under construction: Here are a few others fabrics I’m planning on transforming to cute underpinnings. K loves stripes. It seems that the pattern is no longer for sale, but I just discovered that\u00a0Anna of Noodlehead made the darling-est versions without the front panel – must try!! I also must get my hands on more whimsical knits – those dogs are fantastic! Have you sewn any underwear lately? I think it might be time for me to attempt grown-up ones very, very 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":[15,40],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9297","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\/9297","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=9297"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9312,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9297\/revisions\/9312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}