Seamwork Natalie button-up blouse

Seamwork's Natalie is a casual button-up blouse. It has short sleeves, a soft collar, bust darts, and it doesn't button all the way up to the neck. I am looking for a casual shirt pattern, and sadly this is not it. This pattern is very much a blouse, too feminine for what I'm after. Also, the light blue polycotton fabric I used really doesn't help, except to make it feel like a primary school uniform shirt. (Not my primary school mind, but one with hot weather options and possibly blazers. The kind you'd see in Australian tv shows.)

I did have fun making this though. The entire centre front and neckline is topstitched in one go. And I never had to fight the fabric. There is definitely a joy to sewing with stable non-stretch wovens. The shoulder and side seams need to be finished separately and pressed open, and the facings outer edges also need finishing. So instead of threading up the overlocker I tried out the overlock stitch on my sewing machine, with over-edge sewing foot. It's not as neat as the dedicated machine with blade, but it is very decent. I also figured out the automated buttonhole functionality (stitch with foot/plate)! It took some time, but now I want to put buttons on everything.

Finished Natalie, front view
Photo by chebe

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