I've been a bit obsessed with this top since I saw it.
It's part of BCBG Max Azria's pre-fall 2013 collection. I love how it's delicate, yet aggressive.
And now I can't stop thinking about how I would go about making it. This is exactly the way my leather jacket went from a vague notion to an actuality: an idea took root in my brain and grew until I could no longer ignore it.
So, let's talk about sewing this top. I haven't actually seen it in person, which could complicate things. Here are my questions/thoughts:
In other news, my SM is back from being serviced and is stitching like a dream. Why did I wait so long? And now that I am home for a few weeks, I'm busy with a number of muslins, which has left me without any interesting show and tell for the moment. But there are a bunch of interesting things in the works. Stay tuned.
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It's part of BCBG Max Azria's pre-fall 2013 collection. I love how it's delicate, yet aggressive.
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| Love the plunging sheer neckline! |
And now I can't stop thinking about how I would go about making it. This is exactly the way my leather jacket went from a vague notion to an actuality: an idea took root in my brain and grew until I could no longer ignore it.
So, let's talk about sewing this top. I haven't actually seen it in person, which could complicate things. Here are my questions/thoughts:
- I could easily modify a raglan shirt pattern for it. If you have thoughts on a good one, please holler, since I don't have one in my stash unless it is in a Burda magazine.
- More important, what kind of fabrics do you think this top is made of? Is the sheer part chiffon or a light weight netting? Is the solid part a silk charmeuse or china silk? Someone suggested to me that it might be velvet. Edited to add: Check out this BCBG dress. Do you think the top could also be knit?
- Also, how is it sewn? I'm wondering how the seams where the sheer and opaque meet are sewn and finished so that they don't have any additional bulk or visible stitching or show through at all. Maybe it's a french seam pressed toward the opaque side?
- To me, the neckline looks like it is bound with the same fabric as the opaque parts of the top. But maybe not?
- What do you think the back looks like?
In other news, my SM is back from being serviced and is stitching like a dream. Why did I wait so long? And now that I am home for a few weeks, I'm busy with a number of muslins, which has left me without any interesting show and tell for the moment. But there are a bunch of interesting things in the works. Stay tuned.
