Simple Everyday Blouse

Hi there, I'm happy I finally finished this orange blouse I started in February. The blouse has a round neckline, long sleeves finished with elastic and for the button-down style, I used hook and eye closures instead of buttons. I hope the closures will not come out while wearing. And for my safety, I will wear an undershirt 😊 

For the pattern, I used Burdastyle 12/2019 size 38. The original blouse has ruffles at the plackets and neckline. I omitted the ruffles and drafted the neckline facings. 

But in the end, I had a little problem, the back side with the gathers was too bulky because of the thick fabric, so I had to remove the gathers and make the back flat. 

Here is my fabric (medium weight crepe blend in orange) after cutting,

I sewed the darts, fused the plackets with fusible interfacing and folded them.

I gathered the back piece and sewed both pieces together. After that, I sewed the front and back pieces together.

I pinned the sleeves to the armhole and stitched. I did on both sides.

I sewed the neckline facing front and back together and pinned it to the neckline right sides together.

Sewed along and clipped the curved area.

Turned the facing to the inner blouse and basted.

I sewed the rest and found out the back side was too bulky because of the gathers, the fabric was too thick and I had to remove it.

After I removed the gathers, I connected the back side together, stitched it and stitched back with the upper back piece. I liked it and looked better without gathers.

I stitched the sleeve hems and inserted the elastic on both sides.

Hand-sewed the hook and eye closures to the plackets.

And the blouse is finished.

You can see the inner backside and the hook and eye closures.

And more pictures of the finished blouse.

And I wore it with dark blue self-drafted pants, I don't think the colours match well, but I will make black pants to wear with this blouse when I have free time.

Also, I posted the progress on making this blouse on my YouTube channel, feel free to pop over in case you are interested in watching. link here 

Happy sewing 💗