So, I had originally bought this heavy cream knit stuff with the intention of re-creating exactemente the dress on the cover envelope of Vogue 1087 (below, right), and obviously got disenchanted with the idea since it sat in my stash uncut... and I did start to think, do I really need another dress, when my winter lifestyle is more oriented towards separates, and since doing Me-Made June I have identified a need for tops not dresses... Luckily, creamy coloured stretchy stuff is not that sort of demanding fabric that is only going to suit one and one only type of garment, and so I changed tack. Hehe, actually not a hugely surprising turnabout since this twist top from the Pattern Magic book is a pattern I have made up twice before and adore, and the colour is hardly a break-away for me either, but still! I'm in love with this new top already...I'm sure you are wondering what this intriguingly sculptural one-pattern-piece top looks like when it is laid flat... no? Well, since I have just brought it up and no doubt piqued your curiosity, I shall now proceed to satisfy it... kind of me, no? Below is my older, but the same pattern, charcoal top, now washed and worn for about a year now so maybe has got a tiny tad mis-shapen over the last year, but you get the idea.... When it is on those skewiff details pull the top in to hug one's body beautifully and make for a very flattering silhouette. The cream jersey I have used to make this new version is quite a bit stiffer than the charcoal, and has less stretch, so getting it on is kind of a struggle. But once it is on it feels great! I do love a firm snug top, especially in the winter time.
Details:Top; the twist top from Pattern Magic, by Tomoko Nakamichi, heavy cream knit stuff from KnitwitSkirt; skirt "d" from Unique Clothes Any Way You Like, by Natsuno Hiraiwa, silver grey crepe, details here, and to see this skirt styled in 6 different ways go hereTights; KolotexShoes; Django and Juliette, from Zomp shoes(below; a spectator...)
... thus the crazy hair.
I've made a new top, but it's not extravagantly exciting in either cut or construction. Not even a Pattern Magic thing, sorry, though in my own defence this was already half finished before I even got my new Pattern Magic 2 book, plus those pattern magic designs do use more fabric than your average unadorned garment, and I had very minimal fabric to play with here. It was squeezed out of the leftovers from this dress, and is basically the top part of a dress pattern from Burdastyle magazine 08/2009, number 128 seen in full here (and my review of this pattern also) So just a little basic Tshirt thing that will hopefully be a useful little winter wardrobe builder. I cut the body pieces as long as I could get them from my fabric scraps, and the front piece ended up a little longer than the back. I like this though and decided to leave it this way, and left a little open slit up each of the side seams and hemmed around the corners. It is not lined, but has uninterfaced, understitched front and back neckline facing, which extends to the shoulder seam and halfway down around each armscye. The top has a long invisible zip up the centre back seam so I can get it on.(Later edit: removed the zip; the fabric is slightly stretchy so the top can just be pulled over my head)And I've made this new scarf too, this is just a couple of long skinny lengths of this rather luscious deep-raspberry coloured thin jersey knit that I picked up from the remnant bin, joined together in a French seam. Voila. Two embarrassingly short seams and one has a new scarf. Couldn't be easier. Don't you just looove this colour?
Details:Top; the top part of Burdastyle magazine 08/2009, dress 128, of charcoal wool mix, my review of this pattern hereSkirt; my own design; charcoal jersey knit, details hereScarf; just two skinny lengths of raspberry marle jersey knit, joined together with a French seamTights; MetalicusSocks; handknit by me, details hereShoes; Francesco Morichetti, from Zomp shoes
So, I had originally bought this heavy cream knit stuff with the intention of re-creating exactemente the dress on the cover envelope of Vogue 1087 (below, right), and obviously got disenchanted with the idea since it sat in my stash uncut... and I did start to think, do I really need another dress, when my winter lifestyle is more oriented towards separates, and since doing Me-Made June I have identified a need for tops not dresses... Luckily, creamy coloured stretchy stuff is not that sort of demanding fabric that is only going to suit one and one only type of garment, and so I changed tack. Hehe, actually not a hugely surprising turnabout since this twist top from the Pattern Magic book is a pattern I have made up twice before and adore, and the colour is hardly a break-away for me either, but still! I'm in love with this new top already...
