My Airplane Blouse: Advance 6426

Today we have an airplane blouse to match my nephew's button down! I think I've finally found the casual blouse pattern I've been hunting for, too. Here I've paired it with a gabardine circle skirt I made awhile back. I fear the day this skirt goes kaput, because I wear it almost every week. But let's focus on this blouse.

For some happy reason, vintage patterns tend to fit me better out of the envelope than modern ones do. So I only had minimal adjustments to make to the pattern after sewing my muslin:

• I took 1" out of the side seam. I made a matching adjustment to the sleeve. 
• I lowered the bust darts (there are 2 at the side seam) 1".
• I pivoted the shoulder seam forward 1/4" at the armscye only. 

I didn't add sleeves to my muslin, and now that I have the finished blouse, I think I could use a small narrow shoulder adjustment as well. 

This blouse came together so quickly, which was nice after my previous attempts at a different 1950s blouse pattern. The facing has a nice shape to it so it's thicker up where the convertible collar is, then it narrows when you don't need it to be as wide. I hadn't seen that before, and I quite like it. The collar is finished with a bit of slip stitching between the ends of the front facings. 

Now, I had planned to show you the shape of the shirt untucked next to the planes at Camp Mabry. Oh, it was the perfect idea! Sadly, my camera chose that moment to start acting up with the focus again, and since my preview has also been broken, we didn't know it until I was back home. The camera shop was able to fix it this time, so luckily I didn't have to send it back to Fuji for the second time this year. So, here are some slightly blurry photos, but hopefully you can still see the wonderful shape that those tucks in the front and back give to the blouse.

I will definitely be making this pattern again! I've got a hankering for the plaid version that's pictured on the envelope at some point, and I've been saving some orange gingham for spring/summer for a blouse just like this! 

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