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/ blogs / pregnancy series / 40 weeks – baby is here!

40 weeks – baby is here!

April 21, 2011 By Chie

Hello everyone! I’m happy to announce that my baby is here! She was born on April 17th morning, all healthy. It was a day before the due date, and the delivery took 12 hours…I will share the birth story sometime when I’m more settled down. We stayed at the hospital for 3 nights after she was born, and I decided to leave one day early. I felt like I had enough of hospital life, and I’m much happier to be back home, with my husband:) Thank you all for prayers and thoughts!

Thank you for those of you who gave me advice on what to bring to the hospital – it was really really helpful! Lots of drinks, lip balm, and socks were my friends while I was suffering with contraction pain.

Now I feel a bit sentimental that my pregnancy is over (you can read my week-by-week journey here), but I’m thinking of continuing the series as mama series on Thursdays perhaps? Any suggestions?

P.S. Hope you enjoyed the guest posts by Anna and Nette! More guest posts coming in the next few weeks…:)

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  1. nette says

    April 21, 2011 at 10:52 am

    Oh Chie! Congratulations once more! She is so, so, so beautiful and sweet. I would love to cuddle her all day! 😉

  2. Little Miss Twitchy says

    April 21, 2011 at 11:25 am

    Congratulations! She's so beautiful!

  3. Alice Barton says

    April 21, 2011 at 11:42 am

    what a cutie!!
    glad everything went well!!!
    take care!

  4. LittleMissSeamstress says

    April 21, 2011 at 11:55 am

    Congratulations! Your baby is so precious. All the best for you and your happy family welcoming the new member.

  5. Av says

    April 21, 2011 at 12:03 pm

    Congratulations Chie on the arrival of your bundle of joy. Has anyone mentioned that she resembles your husband in the photos?? Absolutely adorable!

    Baby smells best!

  6. MayMade says

    April 21, 2011 at 12:14 pm

    Congratulations! She's gorgeous!

  7. Liza A. says

    April 21, 2011 at 12:17 pm

    Congratulatins Chie! Take arest and enjoy the bonding moment 🙂 Don't forget to breastfeed…hehe…

    Take care!

  8. Ai says

    April 21, 2011 at 12:17 pm

    Congratulations! i was so thrilled when i got a response from u in twitter that ur holding ur baby.

    i think the mommy series every thursday is a good idea, i can relate too since im a mom.

  9. Ai says

    April 21, 2011 at 12:20 pm

    don't forget teh breastfeeding tips if your breast tend to gorge wrap it with cabbage leaves or just cold ice pack to the lump area and of course let your baby drink your milk, not pumping it too much. the more will gorge. I am successful in breastfeeding with my little ones so just want to share. good to know the lipbalm, socks and water really helps u. it was my saver when i had my labor too. hugs & kisses from here xxxooo

  10. mkapi says

    April 21, 2011 at 12:24 pm

    Congratulations:)
    Sweeeet!

  11. charlotteauzou says

    April 21, 2011 at 12:54 pm

    She looks cute, you are so lucky ! Congratulations. I wish you the best !

  12. Loren says

    April 21, 2011 at 1:28 pm

    So cute! Congratulations!

  13. ♥モチ says

    April 21, 2011 at 1:55 pm

    Congrats~!!! I'm so happy for u~!
    Can't wait to watch her grow up ^_^ she's so cute XD

  14. Kaitlyn Dreyling says

    April 21, 2011 at 2:07 pm

    I was waiting for this post! She's so adorable, and I can't wait for you to keep posting more photos! A mommy series is a must!

  15. Paunnet says

    April 21, 2011 at 2:10 pm

    Congratulations, she's so cute!!!
    Thanks for having me!

  16. Samantha Nandez says

    April 21, 2011 at 2:28 pm

    Congratulations!! So happy for you!!

  17. honeysweety says

    April 21, 2011 at 2:35 pm

    congratulation, so sweet 🙂

  18. anio says

    April 21, 2011 at 3:07 pm

    Congratulations!

  19. Emily says

    April 21, 2011 at 3:11 pm

    She is beautiful!! Congrats!!!!

  20. mandiegirl says

    April 21, 2011 at 3:29 pm

    SHe's so beautiful!!! SO happy for you!

  21. petiterepublic says

    April 21, 2011 at 3:50 pm

    ahhh! she's finally here! congratulations and so happy to hear both of you are healthy and well.

  22. Zanda says

    April 21, 2011 at 4:22 pm

    Chie! She is so beautiful! I am happy about your family. Take care!

  23. Dyah P. says

    April 21, 2011 at 6:53 pm

    congratulations to a new mum! and welcome to the world for the cute & pretty little baby girl! 🙂 can't wait to see her wearing one of your creations! 😉

  24. Love Baby Grand says

    April 21, 2011 at 7:49 pm

    Many congratulations to you both! She is just the most gorgeous baby. Soooo adorable! xo

  25. szarlotka says

    April 21, 2011 at 9:31 pm

    Congratulations! She's so cute… Greetings from Poland 🙂

  26. RACHAEL says

    April 22, 2011 at 12:26 am

    congratulations again chie – she's absolutely beautiful and so very sweet 🙂 xx

  27. Little Mo and Friends says

    April 22, 2011 at 2:24 am

    congratulations chie! She's beautiful! Rest up and take care! xoxo

  28. Anonymous says

    April 22, 2011 at 3:06 am

    Congratulation! Healthy to the dear baby.

  29. Faye Lewis says

    April 22, 2011 at 4:25 am

    Congratulations, you have a beautiful daughter.

  30. vivatveritas says

    April 22, 2011 at 5:01 am

    Hey everyone,

    Thanks so much for the well wishes. Loving every minute of this mommy thing!

  31. satomi says

    April 22, 2011 at 5:17 am

    おめでとう!!赤ちゃんかわいい><

  32. Sewtellme says

    April 22, 2011 at 5:42 am

    Congratulations! She's precious.

  33. Shamim Akhtar says

    April 22, 2011 at 11:46 am

    CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! She is beautiful! And she shares my birthday! Lots of love and hugs you way. xxxxx

  34. Brigita says

    April 22, 2011 at 12:56 pm

    Congratulations! Glad to hear the baby's healthy. I wish you lots of happiness and cuddly moments. 🙂

  35. Anonymous says

    April 22, 2011 at 7:58 pm

    beautiful baby!
    congratulations to mummy and dad from the Canary Islands in Spain.
    Lovely name as well (I know the meaning of Sophie, but I'd love to know the meaning of Kiko)
    Wish you all the happiness

  36. Brittany H. says

    April 23, 2011 at 4:14 pm

    Congratulations and hugs! What a sweet little one. I know you are a proud mama. Thanks for giving us a sneak peek of her. Get some rest!

    Hugs and kisses!

  37. Jasmine Iris says

    April 23, 2011 at 11:27 pm

    omg! congratulations! 🙂 I am so happy for you! She is beautiful <3

  38. Joy says

    April 23, 2011 at 11:59 pm

    What a precious, sweet little baby. Congrats!!

  39. rika daniel says

    April 25, 2011 at 3:59 am

    I know I am late, but never too late to welcoming the loooovely baby girl 🙂 she's cute!! Hope mom and baby are healthy 🙂

  40. ooobop.com says

    April 25, 2011 at 9:10 am

    Congratulations indeed. Sophia is beautiful. Lots of love to you and your wonderful family x

  41. Emeraldflare says

    April 25, 2011 at 12:33 pm

    Congratulations Chie!!! She's beautiful! what a wonderful gift from God. May He continue to bless your little family! Love Nga

  42. Casey says

    April 25, 2011 at 12:46 pm

    I'm a bit late, but I wanted to say a big congratulations!!! 🙂

    ♥ Casey

  43. Kayla says

    April 26, 2011 at 12:43 am

    Ahh I've been a lazy reader this past week so I'm late, but congratulations! How wonderful that you are your baby are both healthy and of course cute!

  44. vivatveritas says

    April 26, 2011 at 4:13 am

    thank you everyone:) now im trying to get used to a life with a small one..:)

  45. Ashley says

    April 26, 2011 at 1:27 pm

    Congratulations Chie, she is really beautiful, your most fabulous creation yet!! Enjoy every second of her baby-ness!

  46. HipDroppedStitches says

    April 27, 2011 at 1:15 pm

    Congratulations! She is precious!

  47. The Studes says

    April 28, 2011 at 3:10 am

    What a beautiful little girl! congrats!

  48. Mandie L says

    July 25, 2013 at 12:36 am

    I had to comment after I saw that your little one was born just 3 months before ours. and now 2 years later its hard to believe all that time has gone already. How are the 2s going for you?

    • Chie says

      July 26, 2013 at 7:53 pm

      Kiko is doing well, thank you Mandie! It is hard to believe it’s been 2 and a half years already!

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大正から昭和初期、若い女性たちの間で流行した銘仙。 かすりの技法を用いた平織りの絹織物で、さらりと 大正から昭和初期、若い女性たちの間で流行した銘仙。

かすりの技法を用いた平織りの絹織物で、さらりとした軽い着心地と、鮮やかな色柄・大胆なデザインが特徴です。

境界がにじんだような風合いと、鮮やかで大胆な色使い🌈

独特のにじみは、たて糸とよこ糸をわずかにずらして織ることで生まれます。

自分の一枚を自由に楽しむために生まれた、女性たちの心意気そのもののような布。その大胆さをそのままに、クロップ丈のキャミソールとまとうラップパンツで、今の暮らしにも映える一枚へ仕立て直しました。

Photographer @capturetokyo
Model @yaos.aisai 
Make up and hair @mami_hmua

Meisen — the kimono fabric that swept through fashion among young women in 1912 to the early 1930s.

A plain-weave silk textured with a kasuri (ikat) technique, prized for its light, breezy feel and its bold colors and daring patterns.

That soft, blurred-edge quality comes together with vivid, fearless color combinations 🌈

The signature blur comes from weaving the warp and weft threads slightly offset from one another.

This fabric was born from women’s desire to wear something entirely their own — it carries their spirit of freedom in every thread. Keeping that same boldness intact, I’ve remade it into a cropped camisole and wrap pants that drape and move with you — a piece that fits naturally into everyday life today🧚

 #KimonoUpcycled #MeisenSilk #VintageJapan #着物リメイク #銘仙
和のかたちを、新しい日常へ。 一本の帯を丁寧にほどき、普段づかいできるワンショルダーバッグへと仕立 和のかたちを、新しい日常へ。

一本の帯を丁寧にほどき、普段づかいできるワンショルダーバッグへと仕立て直しました🌸

見た目からは想像できないほどの収容力。ハサミや糸、リッパー、ペンチ…制作道具もすっぽりまとまって収まります✂️✨入れるのは私だけだと思うけど😆

内側の裏地も可愛い♡

一本の帯が、誰かの日々をまとう相棒に生まれ変わりますように。

From tradition, into everyday life.

One obi, carefully unstitched and reborn as a one-shoulder bag for daily wear🌸

It holds far more than it looks — scissors, thread, a seam ripper, pliers… all my sewing tools tucked neatly inside✂️✨ Though I’m probably the only one who’d pack it like this😆

The lining inside is a little secret I’m quite fond of♡

#帯リメイク #着物リメイク #DIY #アップサイクル #制作動画
金色に輝く森は元は着物の羽織でした👘 漆黒の地に、金彩の木立が幾重にも連なって
夜の神秘的な森を歩 金色に輝く森は元は着物の羽織でした👘

漆黒の地に、金彩の木立が幾重にも連なって
夜の神秘的な森を歩いているような、静かで奥行きのある一枚🌳

水着の上に羽織れば、そのまま街へ歩き出せるビーチカバーアップにも。

お揃いのキャミソールは既に素敵なお客様の元にお嫁に行きました👰‍♀️
 
Photographer @capturetokyo
Model @kumabeeesan
Make up and hair @mami_hmua

A forest of gold, once a kimono jacket👘
L
ayer upon layer of gilded trees on jet-black silk. A quiet, deep piece, like walking through a mystical night forest🌳

Wear it over a swimsuit and go straight from the beach into the city as an effortless cover-up🖤

The matching camisole has already found its way to a wonderful new home👰‍♀️

#着物リメイク #ラップパンツ #kimonoremake
Furisode — the long-sleeved kimono young women tra Furisode — the long-sleeved kimono young women traditionally wear once in their lives, for their Coming of Age Day ceremony (Seijin Shiki) at 20 — often gets worn just that one time. I actually wore my cousin’s furisode for mine, so hers got a second life. But most don’t. They live for one single day, then disappear into the back of a drawer, unseen for decades 😴

But beautiful silk doesn’t have to end there.
From a once-in-a-lifetime ceremonial robe to something you can wear again and again. This piece — butterflies mid-flight, flowers in bloom — deserved a new season. So I remade it into an i line dress.

振袖は、生涯でたった一度しか袖を通さないことが多いです。

私自身は従姉妹の振袖を着たのでその振袖は二度人に着られたけど、成人式の日だけを生きて、あとはタンスの奥で眠り続ける😴誰にも見られないまま、何十年も。

でも良い生地には、終わりがないんです。

一度きりの晴れ着から、何度でもまとえる一着へ。蝶が舞い、花が咲くこの1着に、新しい季節を与えたくて、マーメイドラインのドレスに仕立て直しました。

#kimonoremake #振袖リメイク #upcycledsilk
オーストラリアからのお客様がオンラインで着物を選び、オーダーしてくださいました✂️ まずは仮縫いを オーストラリアからのお客様がオンラインで着物を選び、オーダーしてくださいました✂️

まずは仮縫いを郵送でお届けし、Zoomの画面越しに丈や身幅を確認しながら、少しずつドレスは形になっていきました。

桜の下で、鳥居の朱色の中で笑う二人の写真が届いたとき、 遠く離れた場所からでも、確かにこの手で紡いだものが誰かの人生の一部になったのだと感じて嬉しかったです♡

A customer from Australia chose her kimono online and placed an order✂️

I first mailed a mock-up, and little by little, checking the length and width over Zoom, the dress took shape.

When the photos arrived of the two of them smiling under the cherry blossoms, in the vermillion red of the torii gate — even from far away, I felt so happy knowing that something woven by my hands had truly become part of someone's life♡

📷@whoshotthephotographer
👰‍♀️@cscambary 

#KimonoUpcycled #MadeToOrder #BridalCouture
#着物リメイク #国際オーダー
このシルクの軽さ、暑い季節にちょうどいい🫠 一枚の着物から、ワイドパンツを作りました✂️薄手のシル このシルクの軽さ、暑い季節にちょうどいい🫠

一枚の着物から、ワイドパンツを作りました✂️薄手のシルクは風を通して、歩くたびに裾がふわりと揺れます♪

後ろ姿には、着物の袖だった部分を使っていてお尻の部分の花柄が上下逆さまになっています👻最初は迷ったけれど、これはこれで面白いなと思ってそのまま残しました🫶🏻

一点ものなので、この一本だけ。気になる方はプロフィールのリンクから見てみてください♡

This silk is so light, perfect for the hot season 🫠

I made these wide-leg pants from a kimono✂️ The thin silk lets the breeze through, and the hem sways softly with every step ♪

The back is made from what used to be the kimono sleeves, so the floral pattern on the hips ends up upside down👻 I wasn’t sure at first, but honestly it grew on me, so I left it as is 🫶🏻

One of a kind, just this one pair. If you’re curious, the link is in my profile ♡

#着物リメイク #kimonoremake #正絹 #一点もの #和柄 夏の装い ワイドパンツ
数年前に制作したシルクのドレス。 今回「Released. Reimagined.」というコンセプ 数年前に制作したシルクのドレス。

今回「Released. Reimagined.」というコンセプトに合わせて、@redyeingproject さんに黒染めをお願いしました。

Helen x Vivat Veritasのイベントにベンダーとして出展してくださったご縁から生まれたコラボレーションです。

「服を捨てる前に、黒染めという選択肢を。」
色あせた服を、グラム単位の染め直しで蘇らせる——そんなコンセプトに強く共感しました。

天然素材のシルクスカート部分は深く美しい黒へ。
シャンティレースの部分は、少し緑がかった表情のある色に変化しました。

一着を長く着続けるための、小さな選択。
Before / Afterの写真、ぜひご覧ください🩷🖤

A silk dress I made a few years ago.

For this ""Released. Reimagined."" concept, I asked @redyeingproject to dye it black.

This collaboration grew out of a connection made when he joined the Helen x Vivat Veritas event as a vendor.

""Before you throw it away, consider black dyeing.""
His concept — reviving faded clothes through by-the-gram redyeing — really resonated with me.

The silk skirt, a natural fiber, transformed into a deep, beautiful black.
The chantilly lace took on a subtly greenish tone.

A small choice, in service of wearing one piece for longer.
Take a look at the before/after photos🩷🖤

黒染め
@redyeingproject

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@nothing_special_88
@japanphotographer_

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#黒染め #RedyeingProject #ReleasedReimagined #着物リメイク #サステナブルファッション
実はこのお洋服、今回のショーに入れるか自分では迷っていました。結構前に作った作品だったので。でもヘレ 実はこのお洋服、今回のショーに入れるか自分では迷っていました。結構前に作った作品だったので。でもヘレンと話す中で、これも一緒に見せようと決めました。

ヘレンと3週間近く一緒に準備を進める中で、コレクションの作り方、見る人を楽しませる魅せ方、ルック全体の組み立て方など、本当にたくさんのことを学びました。自分一人だったらこのルックスを入れる決断はしなかったと思う。誰かと一緒に作ることで見えてくるものがあるんだなと、改めて実感しました。
ヘレン、ありがとう♡

Honestly, I wasn't sure whether to include this piece in this show. It was something I'd made a while back. But talking it through with Helen, we decided to show it together after all.

Working with Helen for almost three weeks to prepare for the show, I learned so much — how to build a collection, how to style looks that engage an audience, how to put together a look as a whole. I don't think I would have made the decision to include this piece if I'd been on my own. Creating something together with someone else really opens your eyes to things you wouldn't see alone.

thank you Helen @designerhelen♡

Model @izumi_nishida

Photographer 
@nothing_special_88 

Jewelry
@viviange

Hair 
@angh0
@sho_kanaida
@iam__little__boy

Make up
@glam_by_jyoti

#KimonoUpcycled #SustainableFashion #DesignerCollab #着物リメイク #ものづくり
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