Top of the Morning! M720+ Emerald green top

I believe the holidays, seasons, etc are good times to make things specific to that time. I used to bake cookies or make traditional meals during the “holiday” but now, I like to sew something that is representative or captures the spirit of the day. I don’t have much green in my closet so, this was the perfect time to sew something up. I didn’t have anything in the que to sew for St. Patrick’s day but while I was at a big box store I saw all the St. Patty’s day stuff out so a light bulb when off. I wanted to try another view of M7020 so I purchased an inexpensive emerald green novelty knit with some metallic thread through out. Here is the link to my other review of M7020.

I made view E of M7020, which was a cowl neck. It sewed up well, but I just don’t care for how the cowl hangs. It has a lot of fabric in t he front and looks awkward to me. I took the center front seam in a bit but it still didn’t hang the way I like. I know some people attach a small weight to their cowls to get them to hang right and maybe I will try that before remaking this. I wanted to try this view because I haven’t seen another review for this view and was curious.

Overall M7020 is a good pattern, it’s drafted to be oversize so the design is very forgiving, I think the sleeves are a little contrary to the rest of the pattern in terms of how fitted they are, but not a deal breaker. This is the 4th time I’ve made this pattern so it’ll be benched for a while, I can proudly say that I’ve made every view of this pattern successfully.