Monday 6 August 2012

Olympic showjumping event & cowl neck tops

This morning I wanted to try and make another of the cowl-neck tops before heading up to London to go to see the olympic show jumping event.  Sigrid had suggested that I cut the front on the bias which should give a better fall to the cowl collar, and she was right.


I am really happy with this top on two counts.  First the collar sits exactly how I envisaged, but more important, I managed to thread my babylock in its cover-stitch mode and sew the hem, and the armscye x 2 using my cover-stitch.  I hope that I have overcome my fear and will use this on a more regular basis now because the finish is fabulous.  This top is sooooooo easy to make - only three pieces, I sewed this entirely with my babylock and I think this took me approximately 1.5 hours to sew this morning from start to finish.

This afternoon we set of for Greenwich to see the GB olympic team win the gold medal in the showjumping.  It was a brilliant event, and we both loved it and here is a little shot from my phone of the arena.


There were two of these fabulous statues outside the arena made entirely of horse shoes.



We took the clipper boat back to the city of London which was a really lovely way to travel back and look at one of the images as we approached Tower Bridge 



Another exciting day tomorrow - we are off bag shopping and having a lovely lunch out too.

Catch you later...............



11 comments:

  1. LOVE that cowl neck top...did I miss which pattern it is?

    Have fun purse shopping!

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    1. Thanks Margy - this was a free pattern included in a British monthly magazine I get called Prima - Its a sort of woman and home style magazine, you know the typical stuff, fashion, health & beauty, baking, knitting and sewing. This is the first pattern I have made up, and will definitely have to think about some of the others I have in my stash.

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  2. Love the drape on the cowl - thanks for passing on the tip for cutting on the bias...looks like it was a beautiful day for showjumping...

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    1. Judith, this worked really well, however would be more difficult with a patterned fabric I guess. The olympics was great.

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  3. With the bias cut it is majorly better. Love the increased draping. Good call!

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  4. Love how the cowl drapes on the bias cut. The colour is gorgeous.

    Love the statue of the horse made out horseshoes. That is so cool.

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    1. The statue was fabulous as was the whole event - really really enjoyed the day.

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  5. the drape is beautiful and the weather seems to have turned sunny . hurray for the olympics !

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    1. Thanks Rachel - yes the weather was very kind to us - in fact some times it got really hot.

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  6. Oh, another very pretty item. I love the baby blue color and the cowl neckline is so flattering and has perfect placement and drape.

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