A "muslin" that may get finished

I found this pattern in a sack of patterns that were given to me by one our guild members with the instruction to keep what I wanted and find homes or toss the rest. She needed to get them out of the way.



I thought the View A (the flowered top) might work with the flowered linen in my last post (from the big buy). Not knowing if I would like how this looked on me (and not wanting to waste the flowered linen), I remembered I had some 80% rayon/ 20% poly that I had purchased a couple of years ago. I figured it would mimic the drape and texture of the linen pretty well. I pulled it out and realized it matches the new linen. hmm. I could make slacks of the green and top of this linen. Since I had plenty of the green (probably 6-8 yds), I could still use it to make the test top.

At first, I just planned to sew the front to back--quick/dirty and see how it looked with the sleeves a bit longer than View A. Well, it raveled badly, so I serged all the edges. (more time spent) Then I liked the way it looked when sewn together--hmm--I'll go ahead and cut the facings and see how it looked.

I used a Louise Cutting method for the facing by using only a back center seam. Just take the back facing and match sewing lines at the shoulder and tape it together. Then add a seam allowance at the center back of the facing. This way, you eliminate the bulk at the shoulder seams.



Here it is - sewn at the center back:


and sewn to the garment:


At this point, I've decided to finish it. It just needs hemming and the button/button hole. I needed a break, so that's where it is as of now. I think the barrel button will look good. think?



Now I'm thinking green slacks and a different pattern for the flowered linen. Perhaps a remake of this Kwik Sew top adding a bit of length to the hem.