Update on V1420 (Byron Lars)

Here is the shirt in progress on the dress form, pinned in the front, awaiting sleeve and side seam basting. Oh yea…still have to put together the french cuffs. I started fiddling with the back darts yesterday so will hopefully get those marked and basted today.

The main fabric is a shirting fabric I bought in London at Joel & Son’s (AWESOME place) and the taupe-y accent fabric is a silk/cotton blend I picked up locally at my FAVE shop, Seams Like Home; my second home!

I got “creative” with this blouse…I used silk organza for the interfacing as I wanted to keep it real soft and the envelope pics appear to use a very heavy interfacing to keep the collar shape. I don’t think that’s my look so went with the organza.

I have to also confess on why I am using more than one fabric on this shirt – I only had 1 meter of the shirting fabric and had to shorten my sleeves in order to make it all work!! I know, it is amusing how we can create wonderful garments when we have limited fabric. Well, off to make some progress….