{"id":8779,"date":"2014-02-20T05:00:18","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T13:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=8779"},"modified":"2014-02-20T17:06:24","modified_gmt":"2014-02-21T01:06:24","slug":"sewing-for-me-the-sumo-wrestler-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=8779","title":{"rendered":"Sewing for Me: The Sumo Wrestler Top"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I had such<\/em> high hopes for this top. It’s from this book<\/a>, and you can see how stylish it looks when professionally photographed below – I’ve shared this image before, and it got pinned like crazy. It’s clearly a cute garment, but I’m guessing you can’t have curves to pull off this look. The curves, oh the curves. They are accentuated in a way that I can’t say is flattering. Hence the name of the post.<\/p>\n

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So let’s talk details: the fabric I used is a shot cotton, I believe. I’ve had it for many years, and this blue is high up on my list of favorite colors. The fabric has variegated threads that give it a gorgeous iridescence. It makes me think of peacocks, mediterranean seas, rare pockets of smog-free Los Angeles skies. I thought the sheerness and the drape would work well with this pattern; I was overly optimistic, it seems. I cut the size 11, which is the medium (there are only three size options: 9, 11, 13), but I think I should have gone down one size due to its billowy nature.<\/p>\n

It looks like such a simple top, but it has a lot of cool little details: angled pleats\/pintucks that converge at the base, ties at the side, gathered sleeves, etc.<\/p>\n

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Can you believe I took photos outside? I’ve been pretty phobic about it because I knew I’d get self-conscious if any of the neighbors saw me. But I finished the top yesterday while K was playing with a friend (yes, I was procrastinating. Again) — there’s only one pattern piece to trace since the front and back are the same, and I figured it would be a quick project. It wasn’t as quick as I’d hoped with all the pleating, binding, and ties creating. By the time I finished, I was scrambling to catch the last of the light and this meant venturing out to the sadly ignored community garden in the back of our house. What you see is me at my most au naturale<\/em>: no make-up and hair in my usual state of disarray.<\/p>\n

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Of course, I’ve selected the least offending photos, but look:<\/p>\n

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Sumo wrestler. 95% of the photos look like this (and there were tons of photos). Also, I realized that compared to the photo from the book, my neckline is much wider. I like it! Upon further reflection, maybe this makes me look like a Smurf. And here I am, trying to prove that really, there’s nothing underneath:<\/p>\n

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Despite the exaggerated rolls this top gives me and despite its clinginess, I haven’t given up on it. The solution might be in some sort of anti-static cami to wear underneath.<\/p>\n

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The dolman sleeves! I love that part. Can’t beat the comfort, and maybe if I try it in a rayon challis…but that’s so slippery…okay, procrastination time over and back to painting!<\/p>\n

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I had such high hopes for this top. It’s from this book, and you can see how stylish it looks when professionally photographed below – I’ve shared this image before, and it got pinned like crazy. It’s clearly a cute garment, but I’m guessing you can’t have curves to pull off this look. The curves, oh the curves. They are accentuated in a way that I can’t say is flattering. Hence the name of the post. So let’s talk details: the fabric I used is a shot cotton, I believe. I’ve had it for many years, and this blue is high up on my list of favorite colors. The fabric has variegated threads that give it a gorgeous iridescence. It makes me think of peacocks, mediterranean seas, rare pockets of smog-free Los Angeles skies. I thought the sheerness and the drape would work well with this pattern; I was overly optimistic, it seems. I cut the size 11, which is the medium (there are only three size options: 9, 11, 13), but I think I should have gone down one size due to its billowy nature. It looks like such a simple top, but it has a lot of cool little details: angled pleats\/pintucks that converge at the base, ties at the side, gathered sleeves, etc. Can you believe I took photos outside? I’ve been pretty phobic about it because I knew I’d get self-conscious if any of the neighbors saw me. But I finished the top yesterday while K was playing with a friend (yes, I was procrastinating. Again) — there’s only one pattern piece to trace since the front and back are the same, and I figured it would be a quick project. It wasn’t as quick as I’d hoped with all the pleating, binding, and ties creating. By the time I finished, I was scrambling to catch the last of the light and this meant venturing out to the sadly ignored community garden in the back of our house. What you see is me at my most au naturale: no make-up and hair in my usual state of disarray. Of course, I’ve selected the least offending photos, but look: Sumo wrestler. 95% of the photos look like this (and there were tons of photos). Also, I realized that compared to the photo from the book, my neckline is much wider. I like it! Upon further reflection, maybe this makes me look like a Smurf. And here I am, trying to prove that really, there’s nothing underneath: Despite the exaggerated rolls this top gives me and despite its clinginess, I haven’t given up on it. The solution might be in some sort of anti-static cami to wear underneath. The dolman sleeves! I love that part. Can’t beat the comfort, and maybe if I try it in a rayon challis…but that’s so slippery…okay, procrastination time over and back to painting!      <\/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-8779","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\/8779","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=8779"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8811,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8779\/revisions\/8811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}