Today's Project

Today I made my mock-up for the Edwardian blouse. This one fastens in front and has a standing collar and long, slim sleeves. "Margaret" got a picture of me in it; unfortunately, I forgot to have her get one of the blouse untucked so I could demonstrate how it ties.

You can see that I haven't finished it-- all that I left undone was the buttons, buttonholes, and hemming of the bottom of the blouse. I didn't do any of these because I didn't know whether I would actually wear it or not. What do you think? Even if it is just muslin, do you suppose I could wear it and not look like I was wearing a muslin mock-up?

Note how it blouses in the front. Kind of hard to get quite the right effect, however, with pins and not buttons.

It was funny because while I was making this, I was thinking "Anne of Green Gables". However, when I came out with the completed project (as completed as it is), "Marianne" exclaimed, "It looks just like something Christy Huddleston would wear!"

Ha ha. Well, I have been told that I look like Christy (Kelly Martin-- I think that's the actress' name). Take it whichever way you like. :-)

Now that I've gotten the hang of this pattern, I am going to start making variations on a theme. :-)

P.S. I love the standing collar! :-D