Have you ever taken pictures for Sew-N-Tell that you just didn't want to share? This post may display a few of those pics of some really weird expressions on my face. Half the time I didn't know what the heck I was looking at, or where I was looking. My hand wasn't communicating with my face when I pressed the remote for the camera. But I did remember to smile.
Shirts and blouses are lacking in my closet, so lately I have been really trying to fill the gap. This is blouse part of a series of queued items I have been working to get done. I do love button down shirts. They are so simple to dress up or down.
This one is the basic darted front top with a separate collar stand and the continuous lapped cuff with pleats. OOH but me, with my rushing ended up putting the darn thing on backwards, oh well!!! If you are close enough to see it, then you must sew!! Because I didn't catch it until I was wearing it the second time around. LOL That is so funny!!
The first time I wore this blouse, I had the sleeves rolled up because it was so crazy hot here. The fabric is really cool and quite breezy, but I do live in an extremely humid climate. The pattern does run short, so if you are taller than say 5'5", you better add some inches to the hem. I didn't add anything and I'm 5'5".
The back has shoulder darts, which I hate, because I always have to make them smaller. My back is much straighter than what these patterns allow for in the upper back and shoulder areas. I did, however, have to make a few adjustment worth mentioning:
- Broad back adjustment of 1/2"
- FBA of 1.5", which made for a really large dart that I have to rotate a portion of into the side seam and waist dart.
- I extended the front and back waist darts through to the hem
- added 2 inches at the hip
After I got home, in my inbox was an announcement from Sew Much Fabric, called "Seeing Dots" offering a fabric with the same colors but