Hello January sewers!
This is a summery shirt I've been thinking about and got round to making last weekend. I do like this aesthetic - sort of cowboy/Victorian flounce. Which seems to be a thing - I've seen nice examples popping up in my desperate-to-sell-me-stuff Instagram feed. Gross how they know just what I like.
Following on from my last puff-sleeved shirt, this is self-drafted, using Simplicity 8523 (view B) as a bodice block (it's a really simple top pattern, which was one of the three used at Ray Stitch when I did my six-week introduction to sewing course about six years ago. I think it's a great one for building on - just two front darts and apart from that a really simple block).
From there, I used the bigger armscyes and sleeves I'd drafted, but made a v-neck and shorter sleeves for this blouse. I also drafted a collar and put buttonholes in the cuffs for some simple ties.
I love this shirt! It's one of the times (which thankfully are starting to outnumber the other times) when what I imagined and the finished object are the same!
The trousers are another pair of Anna Allen Pomona pants! I sure do love these guys. Nothing to add to these from my previous pairs, but these are in medium weight denim and have proved really useful for colder weather. Their bagginess means they're friendly to having layers of tights/socks stuffed under them too.
Fabric close-up! The shirt fabric is a lovely thin cotton from Merchant & Mills, with buttons from the ever-reliable Textile Garden. Both stash, now happily married together.
So it's a pretty thin, summery shirt, certainly not up to this weather. I'll have to wait for warmer times to wear it... a lot of waiting happening, these days. I certainly feel grateful to have sewing to keep my mind occupied.
Thank you for reading! Until soon!
This is lovely - I feel it’s what Helena Bonham Carter’s character in A Room With a View would wear if she was transported to 2021!
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