MaZeLiving

Hi all!

Since I started blogging about a month ago, I got a little too excited about all the sewing fun happening in blogosphere around me. While participating in Project Sewn Season 3 Sewalong, I also linked up to Sew Grateful Week party at My Happy Sewing Place and signed up for Pattern Review “The Fitted Blouse Contest”.

When I came across The Monthly Stitch Collective blog with their monthly themes, it felt like I would be trying to bite more than I can chew by signing up for yet another challenge. However, while gathering my options for the blouse project, I started thinking – why can’t I let Miss Bossy Patterns give me a little nudge? I obviously have more than one pattern to choose from, and having someone else make a decision for me means I won’t have to hesitate any longer. You know, sometimes delegating a task is good for the soul.

Normally I would never imagine myself saying this, but here it goes. 🙂 Please boss me, make the choice for me!

CHOICE NUMBER 1:

Butterick 5924 150th Anniversary edition close-fitting shirt with collar and shaped hemline. Given my fabric selection, view C would be most likely the one to go with (that is the top left if you can’t see the little letters). I like the bias for the bottom portion and I think I would make the cuffs on bias as well. It will be a nice soft cotton blouse, fitted enough for a put-together look, but comfortable on a hot day.

CHOICE NUMBER 2:

McCall’s 6750 from their Palmer and Pletsch Fashion That Fits series. My inspiration for this one was a blouse from one of my older (1998) BURDA magazines – dark blue with white polka dot and white contrasting collar (see picture inset). Very classy look! I will go with short cap sleeves, which is not on any pattern envelope views, but it will be easy enough to fix. The rules of the contest require that my blouse has set-in sleeves, but I don’t want the long sleeve version – too much polka dot may look funny on me.

CHOICE NUMBER 3:

Colette Jasmine! Yay! This won’t be my first indie designer pattern attempt, but hopefully this one will be a better suitable style for my frame (the first one was a very sad story for another time perhaps). I have seen soooo many lovely versions of this blouse that it is hard to decide on just one option. I can think of many different interpretations of this pattern, and bias cut is so flattering! I am leaning towards the one with shorter collar and gathered to a cuff sleeves – a combination of view 1 and 2 on pattern envelope. The pattern doesn’t require any closure, but I might go with a zipper in the side seam or maybe buttons on the back – coral colored buttons to match the collar, oooooh…. Of course, it would be way easier to skip that step, but the rules… yeah, the rules require some type of closure to qualify me for the contest.