The whole time I was making this top I thought I might look like Where’s Wally, and then I put it on and thought, nup, I’m a candy cane!
The pattern is Kwik Sew 4189 and I made view B without the roll neck and with shorter sleeves, using fabric from Potter’s.
This pattern is an obvious candidate for stripes, but the pattern matching became a bit of a trial. I did, however, love the little triangle that is formed when the side seams come together.
I wore this top for our wedding anniversary and we were lucky enough to share the day with Sarah from Workspace-FADS and her husband, who were married on exactly the same day in the same year – cool hey? They came camping with us and we had a glorious few days at our bush block. This involved some touristy activities
and an awful lot of eating. Sorry for the grainy photo, but you can see that we were eating in style!
This top is a dream to make, except for the stripe matching of course, and I am looking forward to making more. It is fairly simple, fits beautifully and the pattern is nicely drafted. Next time I am going to do a slight sway back adjustment as I have a little bubble of fabric in my back which bothers me, but I think I can sort it out quite easily.
The top has a foldover neck instead of a separate band and I considered whether to do this, but I’m glad that I did. I lightly interfaced the neck so that it wouldn’t stretch out, folded it over and coverstitched it. This worked really nicely, giving a very flat neckline.
This was my first make of 2017, and I made it on the first day of the new year.