Seersucker Sheer

This shirt is all about the fabric. It’s a seersucker that alternates opaque and sheer stripes! How amazing is that? I used a very simple camp shirt pattern so the fabric could really shine.

The pattern came from a Japanese shirtmaking book by Ryuichiro Shimazaki that I bought a while back. Initially, I was thinking I would use it to make shirts for my husband, but the size range did not work for him. I was a little bummed, as I really wanted to put the book through its paces. Then it suddenly dawned on me that I could use the patterns to make shirts for ME! I traced the smallest size, added a bust dart, and I was in business.

I bought the fabric at London Textiles in Cherry Hill NJ, which is where I buy most of my fabrics.

This shirt just might save a cute bustier that I made several months ago and immediately became a “What Was I Thinking?” project. It’s totally adorable. It fits well, and it’s made with a lovely silk brocade. However, it’s so not my style that it’s been languishing, unworn, in the top of my closet. Perhaps I can wear it under this shirt.

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back view

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bustier that I made last summer

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shirt with bustier under

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close up of fabric, with black and white underlays

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Here I am trying on the shirt-plus-bustier combo. It’s hard to photograph layered clothing.

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Book that I got the pattern from. I don’t know the title.

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