A New Blouse

I just keep sewing and sewing.  I recently looked at my patterns and found that most of them are now too big to use.  I can't possibly fit a size 18 pattern to myself now.  This makes me a little sad because I really liked some of those patterns.  So I went in search for any of my patterns that included a size 14 because that is a lot closer.  In sewing pattern sizes I am right between a 12 and 14 which is, of course, the cut off for pattern groupings.  You can get them from 6-12 or 14-18 but you can hardly ever get a pattern that includes a 12 and a 14.  Sheesh...the frustrations of life.  So I found this pattern and decided to make letter C, the short sleeved one.  I was a little concerned about the fit so I made a prototype with fabric I already had.  I needed to raise the neckline considerably (2 1/2 inches!) and wasn't sure how it would go.   

 

Here it is.  I think it is pretty cute (don't worry it's cuter in real life; for some reason, my photographer can't capture it) but now that I know how it fits and looks I would use a more flowy fabric than cotton.  Though I don't know how excited I'll be to make it again.  Everything was super easy except that V where the bodice meets the bottom part of the front of the blouse.  That was a beast and you can't even see it to appreciate it!