Burda blouse complete

Finally got around to finishing this blouse. Where does the time go?
In completing it, I can say that I do like this style, but am not sure it is wise for me to wear it! too short, just too short. But it will be a comfortable house blouse, and in a brighter pattern, with some piping like the original, I would make this again. In another Burda magazine, I found a very similar design without the front tucks and perhaps that would be the one to make a second time. I think this is a tuxedo styling, if I am not mistaken.
The blotch on the lower right front is water from the iron, which makes me admit it is time to replace this iron with a better quality one.


I did not expect to find the back of much interest. But I have to say I find these tucks really pretty.
The pattern was drafted well, everything fit beautifully together. I will have to trace off more Burda patterns for future garments, they seldom disappoint.
This blouse/shirt could be called a "poet shirt", something you wear when you are being creative. Perhaps I should take up painting or perhaps write a novel and wear it during that time!

And now on to Jacket #3 - the Palmer Pletsch jean jacket in a paisley brocade. Looking forward to this garment.

A Burda Blouse

I'm not quite ready to start Jacket number 3, and want to sew some nice cotton fabric, easy to press, but with a little challenge. This blouse in Burda Jan 2010 caught my eye. I used to have a blouse very similar to this thirty years ago! and loved the comfort of it.

But I have a love-hate relationship with the Burda magazine. Even though I have subscribed for years, I have not often made anything from these patterns. It is that darn tracing issue. But yesterday, while the potatoes were baking, I thought just do it, and found it only took half an hour to trace off this pattern.

I read over the instructions several times; they are sparse as Burda followers know, even less directions than the patterns from the store. And this blouse has a button tab that extends below the seam that joins the front to the front insert. I could not make any sense of the directions, so I may just alter these tabs to be included in the seam and thereby avoid the weird stuff that seems to be going on. We shall see; I plan on starting this today.

My fabric is a lilac cotton shirting from the stash; if this turns out well, I will invest in something nicer and brighter to make another version. If anyone has seen a nice paisley cotton like the one in the photo, please let me know.