Sanae Ishida
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"Draft patterns and sew clothes that fit your unique body! In this garment-making primer, sewing is an act of radical kindness and self-care. Learning to sew for yourself enables you to make exactly the kinds of clothes you want, and empowers you to solve the fit issues that come with buying commercial clothing designed to fit one "ideal" body type. Sanae Ishida, author of the award-winning Sewing Happiness, guides you through the process with her...
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"A beginner-friendly craft book including 15 main projects with 2-3 variations each (so, 30-40 projects total) showcasing adorable animal-themed sewing projects for kids' room décor, handmade toys, and wearable accessories. Format will be similar to Sewing Happiness: a "lookbook" with styled room shots of multiple projects in the first section with photographs, followed by project photos and illustrated instructions. About 176 pages in length with...
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Little Kunoichi, a young ninja, finds adventure when she spends the day with her inventor grandmother.--
In this new addition to the Little Kunoichi series, author and illustrator Sanae Ishida introduces us to Ba-chan, Little Kunoichi's wise, creative, and eccentric grandmother. Anything is possible with Ba-chan! It's summer and Little Kunoichi's friends are away on vacation. After exploring every nook and cranny of her super, super secret island...
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If you're curious about making your own clothes, a sloper (also known as a "block") is an excellent place to start. This 2D rendering of your 3D body can serve as a base for pants, skirts, and other lower-body garments. Author, illustrator, and sewist Sanae Ishida believes that making well-fitting clothing is an act of empowering self-love, and no project is more customized than one made with a pattern using your own unique proportions. Learn how...
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Learn how to make a quiet adventure book with Sanae Ishida, author, illustrator, and maker of many things. The book cover, interior pages, and the characters that inhabit the book are all made of fabric and felt. Sanae loves to encourage quiet, thoughtful play time, and the soft, colorful, movable shapes provide endless hours of creativity and story making for little ones. This is a wonderful project for practicing basic sewing machine skills as well...
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This class will be available to view July 20, 2023. Keep your favorite tiny toes toasty by making these soft and cute baby slippers. Author, illustrator, and maker Sanae Ishida designed these to fit 3-6 month old babies, and they make an excellent gift. Sanae shows you how to make fox slippers as well as raccoon slippers, beginning with laying the pattern out on fabric, then sewing your project together on a machine. Learn how to add elastic to the...
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Make yourself the coziest pajama bottoms and learn how to draft a pattern at the same time. The benefit of drafting your own patterns is that you are guaranteed the best fit for your unique body. Sanae Ishida - author, illustrator, and maker of many things - shows you how to begin with a lower body sloper (which you can make in this class) or a pair of close-fitting woven pants, and draft your pattern to your specifications. Then you'll learn how...
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In the clothing design and sewing world, drafting sleeves can seem intimidating. Author, illustrator, and designer Sanae Ishida thought it was intimidating too before researching many different methods in order to develop a simpler, easier way. The foundation of drafting a sleeve is a sloper, also known as a "block," which is a 2D version of your 3D shape. Sanae teaches you how to draft a sleeve sloper by taking your arm measurements, transferring...
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This class will be available to view July 6, 2023. After you complete this charming whale-shaped teether and rattle, you might be making excited high-pitched whale sounds, too. This twofer toy is soft, squishy, soothing, and just plain cute. Sanae Ishida - author, illustrator, and maker of many things - will expertly guide you through seaming small, curved fabric pieces into a three-dimensional object. If you add short strips of ribbon and use fabrics...
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Sew an origami-inspired triangle bag with author, illustrator, and maker Sanae Ishida. This simple and stylish design has been around for generations in Japan, and you can sew it in under an hour, no pattern necessary. Sanae will teach you how you to calculate the size of your fabric pieces to customize the size of your bag, how to fold the fabric to create its signature triangle shape, and how to sew it all together with basic sewing machine skills....
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Sewing your own clothing is incredibly empowering and even more so when you've designed a clothing pattern customized to your unique body. The foundation of drafting patterns is a sloper, also known as a "block," which is a 2D version of your 3D shape. Author, illustrator, and designer Sanae Ishida teaches you how to draft your own front and back upper body slopers by taking your measurements, transferring them to Swedish tracing paper, making the...
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You can never have enough clothing that feels as comfy as pajamas but still looks stylish. When you draft your own patterns, your clothes will fit and feel even better. Author, illustrator, and designer Sanae Ishida teaches you how to take your torso and sleeve slopers that you can make in her sloper classes and make adjustments to draft a pattern for the banded collar dress from her book Sewing Love. After drafting, you'll move on to constructing...
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This class will be available to view July 18, 2023. Make meal times more fun for your little ones with these animal-themed placemats. Their clean, minimal style is easy to achieve with basic sewing machine skills. Author, illustrator, and maker Sanae Ishida not only shows you how to cut and sew your placemats and use fusible interfacing, but she also teaches you some basic pattern-drafting skills to create your own template. You can make a pointy-eared...
15) Sumo counting
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"Take a peek into the lives of sumo wrestlers in this adorable counting book! Simple, charming scenes within the sumo stable let young readers practice numbers from one to ten, fifty, and one hundred, while they learn how sumo wrestlers do chores, practice, sleep, bathe, and eat together. Each page features a Japanese word related to sumo culture, as well as the number in English and Japanese."--
"Learning about numbers and Japanese culture is fun...
