The Great Vintage Shirt Project - October - Simplicity 2194

Introduction

This month's vintage shirt pattern is Simplicity 2194.  I'll be making View 3, the white shawl-collared blouse shown at the bottom of the envelope. 

Surprisingly, this pattern has very few pieces for View 3:  front, back, front facing, sleeve and cuff.  I think that's because the shawl collar is integrated with the front piece, so there is not a collar and collar stand.  There is no yoke, either, eliminating one more piece.

One other interesting feature of this blouse is the split collar at the center back neck, seen better here in the instructions:

I've chosen this cotton print for the blouse.  A nice paisley is hard to resist and this print will match with the chocolate brown, teal and red that I already have in my wardrobe. 

I've got it cut out, now I just need to get to work on it!  I think that maybe tomorrow I can get a little sewing done on it.  All of my alterations are done.  Which reminds me, a few of you asked about the wedding gown.  Since it is not my personal item and I do not have permission to photograph it, much less post pictures on the internet, it will not be shown on the blog. 

Parting Shot: Typical Fall.  This is a typical fall scene from my back deck.  Looks like we'll need to get that cleaned off and start raking soon.