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| Image Source: Gap.com |
Day four of Top-Toberfest is this lovely green on green striped cowl neck tee. After searching for inspiration online I found this simple little beauty from Gap. I love that it is clean, yet the cowl gives it just a enough detail that you look a bit more dressed up.
Making a cowl neck seemed like an easy enough project, but after thinking through the process I realized that I needed some help. I searched through the internet for some helpful advice, and I found this awesome tutorial on cowl neck pattern drafting from Cute Confessions of a Sew Addict. You can use this technique with any pattern that you have on hand, but I worked from a pattern made from an existing shirt (shocker I know).
The shirt that I used wasn't even exactly like this, but it gave me some good reference marks. I liked the way that my existing shirt fit through the torso, but I had to raise the neckline, and modify the sleeves. I used my pattern created from the first shirt to add in fabric for the cowl (see tutorial here). I also made a back facing pattern piece so that I could have a finished edge for the back of the neckline. I'll share some details below.
