Stashbusting the greens...New Look 6374 Tunic
A few colours don't really suit me, and warm greens are in that group. I had a piece of greyed green cotton lawn (from Spotlight) in my stash, and decided that it was really not quite right for me, but it did go with a scrap of patterned lawn I really like that I had leftover from another recently made top. . Now, there are a few things I don't like having around in the stash - that's little bits looking for a garment, and colours that don't really suit. I put these two together and made myself a top I did like immensely :). And, although the colour is not the best for me, there is something I really like about this soft, peaceful grey green colour. And the contrast placket and collar stand give a nice focal point. I used New Look 6374: I made the long, plain version A but instead of sleeves that roll back and fasten with tabs, I decided to make short sleeves. And chose to make a contrast placket, a bit of a high risk strategy because as I was