Stash busting and Revisiting a Favourite Issey Miyake Pattern: OOP and Vintage Vogue 2334

This top will see a lot of wear.  The fabric is a wool overlay on a knit, it's beautiful and warm.  I could really use some warm pieces right now.  The pattern is one of my favourites, a vintage Issey Miyake design, that is making a reappearance on the cutting table.  

This is a fun project.  It has some basic shapes pattern pieces that drape into an unique style.  The band on the bottom is off centre creating draping to one side.  There is more volume in the front to help with the draping effect created by the neck hole being cut on the back piece and having the circle piece drape over the shoulders into the front.  

The fabric is a black wool overlay with some lace like designs on top of a white knit.  I used the dryer and damp towel method to pre-shrink this fabric.  This fabric is warmer than the sweatshirt fleece fabric that I used on the first version.  

Sewing IS Political

This is another Canadian made project.  Everything used to sew this project came from the stash.  The fabric originally came from Marshall Fabrics, a Canadian fabric outlet.  The pattern in a vintage and previously used item pulled from the stash.  It was sadly a tariffed item after the convicted felon started a tariff war with the world.  I have since learned my lesson about not jumping off the boycott wagon even for an Issey Miyake pattern that I was searching for over the past few years.  It is not a mistake that I will repeat.  The scissors are from Merchant and Mills, an U.K. company and were purchased from The Workroom, a Canadian fabric outlet.  The sewing label is from KATM, an Australian company.  The threads were from Gütermann, a German company and were made in Greece.  All of the threads were purchased at Fabricland, a Canadian fabric outlet.  

Project details

Seams:  Knit (lightening bolt) stitch

Seam finish:  partially serged

Fabric:  2.1 metres 

Pattern:  Vintage and out-of-print Vogue 2334, circa 1989

Label:  1--"circa 2025" label by KATM (I'm trying to use them up)

Additional Tools & Supplies:  Cutting table, cutting mat, pins, pin cushion, measuring tape, measuring gauge, tailor's chalk, tailor's ham, fabric scissors, Janome 4120 QDC sewing machine, walking foot, threads, Janome AirThread 2000D serger, tweezers, thread clippers, canned air, seam ripper, iron and ironing board.  

Stand strong, elbows up and keep sewing.