White Blouse Ready to Wear - finally...

I finally finished the wonderful white blouse today. Buttons and buttonholes all done! Lots of "life" got in the way the last few days.............





I think I originally said that I didn't make any alterations to the size 42. I did make one as I cut it out. I moved the shoulder seam forward (add .5" to the back seam and take .5" off the front seam) by .5".

Here's a close up of the fabric with the raised design.



I used Louise Cutting's method for altering the shirt collar so there are no seams at the point. Here's what it looks like cut out:



Sew the one seam which becomes the center back under collar seam,




then sew the outer edge seam, and it looks like this when turned right side out and pressed:



I want to make another of this pattern. I have some cotton hand painted batik in the dryer now (after it's second washing), but I'm not sure if it will be too "stiff" for this pattern. We'll see when it comes out of the dryer how the drape is.

If that doesn't work out, I'm not sure what's next up. I've got a fairly busy week coming up that will keep me out of the house, so I'm not sure how much sewing will get done.