Liberty Granville Shirt

I’m starting off my sewing year with a bang!  Here’s Sewaholic’s Granville Shirt in the most divine silk Liberty print.  This shirt looks and feels like a dream.  And lucky me,  I can get away with wearing this year round here in Florida. The Naples Botanical Gardens made a perfect backdrop for the floral.   I wore this Sunday for a family outing to see the Lego sculptures in the Gardens and snuck in some photos while the kids searched for Alligators in the Lake!

All the Details-

Fabric:  Liberty of London Irma Turquoise Blue Silk-Cotton Voile (semi-sheer) from Mood Fabrics (sold out…..this is similar)

Notions:  Blue Silk Thread in two shades, light blue for the seams and a darker blue for the 12 Buttons, plus lightweight interfacing (from Joann’s)

Pattern:  Sewaholic’s Granville Shirt, size 10 with alterations, View B

{A 10 is 36/30/42 in Sewaholic and right now I’m 36.5/30/41.}

This was part of my third planned look for Fall.  This top with a cropped sweater(unfortunately a fail) worn with a wide leg stripe pant and handmade espadrilles.   I’m not in a huge rush to complete the full look as I’m really enjoying my slower pace so far this year. I’ve been longing for some Liberty prints but with shipping they always seemed so extravagant.  Luckily Mood now stocks quite a nice collection which is not nearly so expensive.  This silk was $24/yd.  I purchased 3 yards and still have some extra for another top.  I need more Liberty Fabric in my life-it’s really so beautiful!  The colors are just stunning and oh so soft to the touch!

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Based on other review’s I’d read I compared this pattern first to my sloper and then made a few alterations in a size 10.  I narrowed my back yoke and created a new pattern piece as well as truing up the corresponding pattern pieces.  I then shortened my sleeve length by 1″.  I ended up using a very small seam allowance on the width of my sleeve as it was too tight so next time I’ll widen that as well.  My cuffs are also a bit wide so next time I’ll narrow them by about 1/2″.  All the interior seams except for the sleeves are enclosed with French seams for a clean finish.  Any odd wrinkles you see are from wearing this all day.

This was such fun to sew.  I love making patterns that teach me new methods of construction.  This is my first dress shirt and I’m so proud of it.  I love the way the collar stand and collar are sewn up and the method for the plackets was easy to follow.  Plus the burrito method for the yoke makes for a lovely finish.  One of the reasons I was drawn to this pattern was the waist shaping and fitted silhouette.  I’ll be trying more Sewaholic patterns since this really fit my body shape well.

The best part about this blouse though is that it goes with just about everything in my closet.  It is semi-sheer so it does need an undershirt/tank of some kind.  I’m wearing it here with my green self drafted racer back tank(unblogged) and my first pair of much-loved indigo dyed jeans.  It looks wonderful over my bias cut indigo voile dress with sleeves rolled up too.

Stay tuned because I have a real stunner to show you next week-the most gorgeous liquid gold hemp silk Donna Karan dress! And my sis did the photo shoot for me so my images are AMAZING!  Just in time for my 40th birthday next week.  Happy Sewing!