{"id":4215,"date":"2013-05-23T05:02:59","date_gmt":"2013-05-23T12:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=4215"},"modified":"2013-05-23T00:20:11","modified_gmt":"2013-05-23T07:20:11","slug":"sewing-for-me-navy-wrap-tunic-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=4215","title":{"rendered":"Sewing for Me: Navy Geometric Pattern Wrap Top"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Well, friends, I’m afraid this wasn’t a rip-roaring success. Sewing for myself is turning out to be pretty challenging, and this was item number two that I attempted this week. The first was a stripey tee (again) that was strikingly similar to the one I made for K here<\/a>\u00a0in style,\u00a0but for some reason, the larger size resulted in all sorts of mishaps and wasn’t salvageable.<\/p>\n

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So then I thought I would try this simple wrap top. The fabric has a wonderful drape and was a dream to sew. It’s from here<\/a>, and I don’t know, I thought it would look like a cute Anthro-esque top, but as with so many of these styles on me, I think it whispers\u00a0‘hospital gown’. It also looks suspiciously like I have a bun in the oven (I do not). Not to go on and on, but I’m on the fence about these gathered cap sleeves too, which might be too girly for me.<\/p>\n

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I tend to look like I’m simmering with anger in pictures. Back when I was corporate, all my ID cards ended up with me glaring into the camera, and a friend commented once, “Wow, you look like you’re ready to kick some serious booty.” Fierce.<\/p>\n

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The pattern is from this\u00a0book<\/a>, which is an English translation of a Japanese sewing book for adult-sized clothing. This top is the one on the cover, and it’s the reason I bought it. In fact, I almost made it in a brown knit with cream polka dots but decided that it looked too much like the original and I wanted to try something different. According to the measurements, I was a large so I made a muslin, which was so enormous that it gave the impression I was ready to give birth to twins. So I made a medium, but it still feels off. I think it might have something to do with the darts. \u00a0I may need to learn how to do an FBA properly…<\/p>\n

Aside from the usual fit issues that I have with sewing for myself, this was such an easy top to make! The nice part is that it’s a wrap top so there are no fiddly closures or zips to contend with and it’s somewhat adjustable.<\/p>\n

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I was listening to Alec Baldwin’s Here’s the Thing<\/a> while sewing this, and it’s hilarious (definitely not kid-friendly though). He came to speak at my college when I was an undergrad, and I thought he was quite eloquent. Wow, that was\u00a0so<\/em>\u00a0long ago.<\/p>\n

And three cheers for K, who is turning out to be a natural photographer. She actually made me feel comfortable in front of the camera and I may slowly be getting over my phobia. If I keep going at this rate, pretty soon you’ll be seeing about a hundred images of me per post.<\/p>\n

I think the real star of this outfit might be the shoes. Yes, I also have a shoe addiction.<\/p>\n

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Well, friends, I’m afraid this wasn’t a rip-roaring success. Sewing for myself is turning out to be pretty challenging, and this was item number two that I attempted this week. The first was a stripey tee (again) that was strikingly similar to the one I made for K here\u00a0in style,\u00a0but for some reason, the larger size resulted in all sorts of mishaps and wasn’t salvageable. So then I thought I would try this simple wrap top. The fabric has a wonderful drape and was a dream to sew. It’s from here, and I don’t know, I thought it would look like a cute Anthro-esque top, but as with so many of these styles on me, I think it whispers\u00a0‘hospital gown’. It also looks suspiciously like I have a bun in the oven (I do not). Not to go on and on, but I’m on the fence about these gathered cap sleeves too, which might be too girly for me. I tend to look like I’m simmering with anger in pictures. Back when I was corporate, all my ID cards ended up with me glaring into the camera, and a friend commented once, “Wow, you look like you’re ready to kick some serious booty.” Fierce.   The pattern is from this\u00a0book, which is an English translation of a Japanese sewing book for adult-sized clothing. This top is the one on the cover, and it’s the reason I bought it. In fact, I almost made it in a brown knit with cream polka dots but decided that it looked too much like the original and I wanted to try something different. According to the measurements, I was a large so I made a muslin, which was so enormous that it gave the impression I was ready to give birth to twins. So I made a medium, but it still feels off. I think it might have something to do with the darts. \u00a0I may need to learn how to do an FBA properly… Aside from the usual fit issues that I have with sewing for myself, this was such an easy top to make! The nice part is that it’s a wrap top so there are no fiddly closures or zips to contend with and it’s somewhat adjustable. I was listening to Alec Baldwin’s Here’s the Thing while sewing this, and it’s hilarious (definitely not kid-friendly though). He came to speak at my college when I was an undergrad, and I thought he was quite eloquent. Wow, that was\u00a0so\u00a0long ago. And three cheers for K, who is turning out to be a natural photographer. She actually made me feel comfortable in front of the camera and I may slowly be getting over my phobia. If I keep going at this rate, pretty soon you’ll be seeing about a hundred images of me per post. I think the real star of this outfit might be the shoes. Yes, I also have a shoe addiction.  <\/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":[15,35],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4215","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sewing","7":"category-sewing-for-me","8":"entry","9":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4215","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=4215"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4235,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4215\/revisions\/4235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}