This dark blue Liberty Tana Lawn has been waiting in my stash for a while. Finally I decided to make another Mélilot blouse using the pattern by Deer & Doe. This is a pattern that I have used already several times and also combined with Sewaholic Granville pattern. Now I went back to the pattern sheet and decided to start all over and go up a size to 38. I also added about 3 cm to the length of the sleeves and the length of the body, since my previous versions were just a bit short for me, especially at the sleeves.
I also changed the way I interfaced the collar and the cuffs. In the instructions, the both pieces of the collar, the collar stand and each of the cuffs are interfaced. However, I have noticed that my interfacing seems to “bubble” in the wash and the bubbles seem to be impossible to get rid of with ironing. So following the advice I got online I only interfaced the facings that are not visible. This doesn’t really change the look of the blouse but I hope to get rid of the untidy bubbly look of the washed interfaced fabric.
This time I made the hidden button placket. I did not find blue buttons in my button stash, so I went for contrasting white ones. The whole blouse is made using French seams, so it looks pretty also from the inside.
I was happy with the fit. Now that I went up a size the blouse hem fits over my hips better and the sleeves reach all the way down like they should. I can now also lift my hands without the blouse rising too high.
The fabric is super comfortable. It is soft, almost weightless and even slightly stretchy so it is like wearing an oversized t-shirt.
Thank you for reading and happy sewing!
Katja
