Like I said yesterday, my Chickadee blouse flip was a piece of my Winter Wonderland outfit. When the PRP season was announced, I knew that I would have to incorporate this month’s flip into one of my outfits if I wanted to do it all. This was the right moment.
I love the whole Chickadee outfit and wish I’d had the time to flip the skirt too. It’s so cute! As it is, I had to settle for the blouse.
I love asymmetry but in this case, I had to lose it. It just wouldn’t have worked with the cape. And neither would the collar. I also felt that the blouse would work better with the cape if the opening was in the back. I turned the front yokes into a single piece, cut on the fold.
And then I split the back yoke into two.
I wanted a little less fullness in the blouse so I removed the pleat from the front part of the blouse but kept the back one.
Finally, I replaced the collar with some pretty lace and used metallic thread in my machine to embroider “snowflakes” along the bottom of the front yoke.
You can’t tell in the pictures but the fabric is shimmery cotton voile. It’s like they integrated superfine glitter into the cotton. It’s very subtle. Now, cotton voile is a very light fabric but this was a supposed to be a Winter look. To make the blouse warmer, I chose white cotton flannel for the yoke facing. I also made a flannel lining for the lower blouse portions. I chose not to line the sleeve because souricette 1’s school is overheated but I added elastic at the wrists to keep the wind out.
Creative mommy at home to two wonderful little girls, trying to juggle family, sewing, exercise, family, knitting, photography, and did I mention family?
Deux souriceaux 
This is so delicate and pretty!!! Love it.
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Thank you!
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I spy a button we used on CL’s cape….isn’t it so seasonally appropriate?? And the neckline?? Great minds think alike :)…. Wonderful flip!
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Thank you! Yes, I recognized that button in your post today. And not only the lace neckline but we also used the same cape pattern for the PRP Winter theme!
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Very pretty. I love the metallic thread snowflakes. It is beautiful blouse with such subtle metallic touches that it doesn’t even approach ostentatious. I hope you win the sew along flip because it is gorgeous.
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Oh thank you so much for the compliment! That is so sweet!
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The blouse is gorgoeus! I love the lace around the neck in place of the collar.
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Ack! I hate it when I don’t double check comments before hitting post….”gorgeous”.;)
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Happens to me all. the. time 🙂 And thank you!
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The blouse is so beautiful! And I loved the whole outfit for Winter Wonderland. You have golden hands…
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Thank you so much!
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I am such a big fan of incorporating lace into designs, and this is a perfect use of it. Also love the snowflake detailing on the yoke. Well done and thanks for playing along on Frances Suzanne this month, especially with all the other “projects” you have going on!
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I love the concept of using lace trim as the collar! Would you mid sharing your source for the shimmery voile? I am in the market for something like that.
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I got the voile from fabric.com. Search for “shimmer voile” on the website and you’ll find it.
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[…] is the Dalek dress. And that was supposed to be a little bit costumey. Otherwise, it’s that blouse I made two years ago. And you can’t even see the very subtle glitter in the fabric! Even in person, it’s […]
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