Summer Blouse Study: Wing Collar Dots
Last week I showed my first try at New Look 6598 with an added collar for the v-neck version. This is the one I had meant to make: the wing collar version. Yes, it’s the same silly dot pattern with the lion sketch centered down the front.
Wing collars are harder to make as they require you to seam together 2 pieces at a right angle that you have cut into up to the reinforced seam line. That makes them harder to look after too as the cut weakens the fabric and ironing finesse is needed to handle the shape which results. If you look at the pattern illustration you will see the center seam line of the collar, and if you look at my checked pattern pieces below you will see that piece to the collar to the back neck facing is a challenge, taking some careful basting and sewing. On the other hand, the winged collar has a jaunty flair which it gets from the shape that results. Which is why I think they are worth the trouble.
I did 3 other things to this version. I took the blouse in an inch in circumference as it was a little too loose for my taste. Because the armhole seemed too low, I raised the arm scythe a 1/2 an inch which also meant shortening the sleeve pattern and the front pieces. Then I shortened the entire blouse 3 inches. If I wore pants, the blouse would have been fine as made a 2-to-3 ratio blouse to pants, i.e. the Golden Ratio. But I will wear this with skirts this summer and the resting the ratio of blouse to skirt was closer was close to the awkward 1-to-1. Cutting off 3 inches shifted the ratio to 2-to-3.
As you can see, I am now working on a checked version, cut on the bias, which I will blog about when I get it done. Meanwhile, you can find the pattern here or at your local fabric store: https://www.simplicity.com/simplicity-storefront-catalog/patterns/brands/new-look/new-look-pattern-6598-misses-tops/
