Made: top from Home Couture
My Kayaki top - how I love you so. Here is the second item I sewed from Machiko Kayaki’s Home Couture. I love it to bits and might wear it every day if I could. It’s not perfect, but it’s mine, damn it! I got to use fabric I bought, after love at first sight, and some super nice buttons from The Parker Button Store (to be found on Pittsburgh’s Carson Street).
I’d like to mention that right before I made this, I had read, and was heavily influenced by, Claire Shaeffer’s Couture Sewing. An Amazon reviewer declared that they learned more from this book than from many of your average How To type manuals. I might make a short post about it soon, because I agree. Anyway, having just read it, I ended up doing a lot of hand basting on this project. I made this before the JJ ruffle blouse, by the way - I know I mentioned doing it there too, but I started with this top.
Project Notes: Like the other 2 Kayaki patterns I have sewn, this was really easy to make, and even without knowing Japanese, I’d think a moderately experienced garment sewer could follow the great diagrams in the book.
Mistakes/Complications:
Notes for Next Time: