I have been in love with the Boston Proper shirt since I first saw it on Pinterest:
Unfortunately, it must be an old season shirt because I couldn't find it anywhere on their site. But I've been mildly obsessed with this shirt. So, I decided I would make my own.
Finding a similar fabric was the hardest part of this project. I love the cut out patterns and embroidery on this one. I looked everywhere and even looked at curtains and table clothes (channeling Gone With The Wind), but still couldn't find anything that I loved. I did eventually find an eyelet that I thought would work.
So, I pulled out my sewing and pattern making supplies and went to town making a pattern:
My favorite tool in the world! My iron. j/k BTW. I've had this iron for two years and have only used it once for a craft project. I hate ironing clothes, but an iron is essential when sewing. It's so important to press seams as you go.
Drafting my pattern. I forgot how much I really do enjoy pattern making. I wanted to just make patterns all night long.
Fabric all cut out and ready to sew. At this point in time though, I didn't have any white thread so things got put on hold until I went and bought some.
Then last night I got it all sewn together. Unfortunately, I don't love the end result, so I have it on my dress form and am working on figuring out how to change it so I like it better. I added a ribbon at the bust and I do like that but overall I'm not in love with the shirt. I think I'm going to cut out some of the circles (that you can't really see in the pictures) in the eyelet pattern and see if that helps any. But I think the big problem is the fabric choice. The eyelet doesn't drape and is more stiff than the Boston Proper shirt. I'll keep playing with it though and see what I can do to make it better.
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