Chantilly Blouse

I’ve finally managed to post my last make on the blog. It’s the Chantilly Blouse by The Yellow Peg.

It’s a very simple beginner’s sewing project that I sewed very quickly. I took two months for taking pictures, writing, translating and post it instead. But here it is in the end!

I went back to work in March and it seems that finding time for sewing has became quite difficult.

Anyway here I am… it’s a spring project, made in a beautiful orange floral vintage silk a friend of my mom gave me.

I’ve worn it a lot in the last two months.

Simona (aka The Yellow Peg) asked me to try her new sewing pattern and I decided to sew the simpler version of the blouse. It’s an easy blouse, perfect in every occasion, with a pair of jeans or, if you want to dress up, with a more elegant skirt.

It’s super easy to sew and it’s a sewing pattern perfect for beginners. I suggest you use cotton voile, batiste or popeline and not a silk fabric if you’re a beginner.

I like it’s loose-fitting. I only modified the armscye depth (I lowered it by two cm), because I prefer lowered armscyes for this kind of top.

The instructions are clear with pictures and texts.

I usually make French seams in a silk garment, but I sewed and then finished the raw seam allowances with the serger this time.

And I pin hemmed the sleeves and the blouse hem.

Et voila, here I am with my brand new silk blouse! And I love it!