newsewer2011 said... Love it :) I also found the shoulders to be wide. 5/28/11 1:07 AM
MareeAlison said... Belinda - I'm about to put the collar on this top and I thought I'd check to see if anyone had attached it from the other side which I imagine would be hidden by the cowl??? I still have to think it through and am about to pull out another cowl top I made a few years ago to see what I did on that. Imagine my surprise to see that you'd just finished the same pattern. I love your cream fabric. Having looked at a close up of your top I see that I have to do the neckline as written as you can see the join at the back. That makes life easier. I'll follow your lead and coverstitch the seam though. Thanks for the tip. I'm glad you think it's not that close fitting because I've used a one way knit that doesn't have as much stretch as I initially thought. Thanks for the review. 5/28/11 2:14 AM
Sew4Fun said... Maree, Sorry I can't PM so I'll answer here. I would attach the collar exactly as written in the instructions because you can see the neckline seam in places when the top is worn. Especially around the back neck and upper front neck. The only place the neckline seam is completely hidden is the centre front where the drape is. Funny that we are sewing this same top at the same time. I finished mine only an hour a go, after sewing most of the afternoon. Good luck with yours. 5/28/11 2:22 AM
Janiki said... You did a very neat job. I like it. 5/28/11 5:26 AM
QuiltSewSewSue said... Lovely top - great pattern! 5/28/11 7:23 AM
JDpenelope said... Beautiful top and helpful review, as usual. This looks likes a good pattern and thanks for the reminder. For those of us not familiar with the metric system, if I used the online conversion table correctly, 1 cm is about 3/8 inch; 2.5 centimeters is about an inch; .8 cm is about 5/16 inch. 5/28/11 8:27 AM
Christas said... Very nice review! Your top is very pretty! 5/28/11 9:30 AM
carolynw said... Beautiful top 5/28/11 9:39 AM
marec said... Gorgeous and beautiful workmanship. 5/28/11 10:48 AM
SewWil said... Beautiful top. Thanks for the detailed review. 5/28/11 2:20 PM
Elke said... Very pretty top! 5/28/11 9:14 PM
Diane333 said... Beautiful top and fabric. 5/29/11 7:59 AM
ksmith90 said... Thanks for this very helpful review - or should I say reassuring? I recently made this top, and I'm happy with it - but had some of the same fit issues you describe. I thought that maybe the 4-way stretch fabric I used was to blame - and maybe it still is. But not entirely it sounds like! 5/29/11 4:41 PM
cindy-lou said... I am super-slow at getting to this pattern... it's been on my stack for years now. Just saw your lovely white version. I'd buy that in a heartbeat if it were in a boutiquer here! Off to check my stash for a white knit... :) 12/30/12 10:58 AM
Love it :) I also found the shoulders to be wide.
5/28/11 1:07 AM
Belinda - I'm about to put the collar on this top and I thought I'd check to see if anyone had attached it from the other side which I imagine would be hidden by the cowl??? I still have to think it through and am about to pull out another cowl top I made a few years ago to see what I did on that. Imagine my surprise to see that you'd just finished the same pattern. I love your cream fabric. Having looked at a close up of your top I see that I have to do the neckline as written as you can see the join at the back. That makes life easier. I'll follow your lead and coverstitch the seam though. Thanks for the tip. I'm glad you think it's not that close fitting because I've used a one way knit that doesn't have as much stretch as I initially thought. Thanks for the review.
5/28/11 2:14 AM
Maree, Sorry I can't PM so I'll answer here. I would attach the collar exactly as written in the instructions because you can see the neckline seam in places when the top is worn. Especially around the back neck and upper front neck. The only place the neckline seam is completely hidden is the centre front where the drape is. Funny that we are sewing this same top at the same time. I finished mine only an hour a go, after sewing most of the afternoon. Good luck with yours.
5/28/11 2:22 AM
You did a very neat job. I like it.
5/28/11 5:26 AM
Lovely top - great pattern!
5/28/11 7:23 AM
Beautiful top and helpful review, as usual. This looks likes a good pattern and thanks for the reminder. For those of us not familiar with the metric system, if I used the online conversion table correctly, 1 cm is about 3/8 inch; 2.5 centimeters is about an inch; .8 cm is about 5/16 inch.
5/28/11 8:27 AM
Very nice review! Your top is very pretty!
5/28/11 9:30 AM
Beautiful top
5/28/11 9:39 AM
Gorgeous and beautiful workmanship.
5/28/11 10:48 AM
Beautiful top. Thanks for the detailed review.
5/28/11 2:20 PM
Very pretty top!
5/28/11 9:14 PM
Beautiful top and fabric.
5/29/11 7:59 AM
Thanks for this very helpful review - or should I say reassuring? I recently made this top, and I'm happy with it - but had some of the same fit issues you describe. I thought that maybe the 4-way stretch fabric I used was to blame - and maybe it still is. But not entirely it sounds like!
5/29/11 4:41 PM
I am super-slow at getting to this pattern... it's been on my stack for years now. Just saw your lovely white version. I'd buy that in a heartbeat if it were in a boutiquer here! Off to check my stash for a white knit... :)
12/30/12 10:58 AM