Friday, 25 November 2011

Vogue 2033 - The Geoffrey Beene Designer Band-aid Top.

I reckon it is pretty important to have a good sense of humour - it helps to  get  you through the tricky bits in life and there are lots of those and to not take yourself too seriously. I think I have a healthy sense of humour hence why I am posting this top I made.

I was given quite a few patterns back in the early 90s and through successive culls only a couple remain including this Vogue 2033 - a Geoffrey Beene designer pattern for three quite different and classical styled tops / shirts including the dropped shoulder loose fitting version . Lately I have seen tops around like this and delved into my pattern stash and thought it was time to give it a try - I mean
I have only had it for about 17 years.
 The fabric is a soft gold paisley jacquard with small white polka dots . It looks and feels like silk but it is not - I will not lie. I very pleased with this fabric and imagined wearing this top out to romantic dinners  and other such soirees .  I altered the pattern to add in bias cut bands for the sleeves  and added store bought white satin bias binding for the neck. I used french seams twice ( I took a too big a bite the first time and the top was too small for my liking ) and added a self fabric belt  .
Once finished,  with great excitement I tried on the finished garment and looked in the mirror and then A GREAT BIG OHH moment . - I`d just sewn a really large bandaid. The soft gold colour suddenly looked like a  flesh / beige tone and even the little white polka dots resembled  those tiny perforations you see on bandaids.
So learn from my mistakes - Do Not sew flesh coloured fabrics unless you are in need of bandaids.
PS - I quite like the pattern - I will use it again - perhaps in bright green or blue or pink  or anything but beige. Cheers Janine
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5 comments:

  1. kbenco25 November 2011 at 03:10

    The shape is so nice, and the fabric looks so so pretty and soft in the first photo. How annoying of it to remind you of a bandaid. Dye maybe? There is a dye for synthetics at spotlight.

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  2. Mary25 November 2011 at 07:45

    I have to laugh! Haven't we all done something like this? My zebra dress is an example from the opposite extreme. What looks great in a sample is not so great when covering the body. !! I second kbenco's suggestion to pick up some poly dye. Nice drape and overall design-hope you can save it.

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  3. Mary Nanna25 November 2011 at 10:57

    I smiled so much when I read this. I would take it up a notch though and make a gauze wrap style skirt. Then you could have the whole first aid ensemble! No one would know but you, everyone would think you looked lovely and you just wouldn't be able to stop secretly smiling.

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  4. prttynpnk26 November 2011 at 04:43

    I like it! You can never have too many neutrals for jazzy pins, scarves and what-have-you. Besides- if you're going to be a bandage- a silk one is classy!

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  5. Barb-Central Texas26 November 2011 at 07:48

    The top looks very pretty to me. Nothing like a bandaid! It's much, much better than the pinkish earrings I bought recently that looked great against black velvet in the store but make me look as though I have big, blobby earlobes when I wear them.

    I like May Nanna's idea of a white skirt to go with the top. It would make a lovely outfit.

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