Blouse with pussy bow - sample

Blouse sample

Here is another sample I'm working on. The original blouse belongs to a silk linen three piece suit from the 60's, which still has the original tags on it. (See below)

Original blouse from the 60's

The blouse is fitted & has a zipper down at the back. The bust & waist darts make the piece very flattering on the figure as you can see from the first photo.

When I was making this sample, I made the mistake of using a jacket zipper, but that was all I could find at the time, plus I thought, 'It's a sample, so it doesn't matter.' WRONG!!

Additionally, I did a lap zip finish which has (I wanted to see how it would look) resulted in the back appearing unbalanced.

In the next draft for this blouse, I will be dropping the armholes 1-2cm, create facings and use an invisible zipper instead. I'm not really looking forward to inserting an invisible zipper. If you have ever used this type of zip, you know how time consuming they can be! Grrr! 

I shall be repeating the mantra 'Practice makes perfect' whilst putting in the zipper and crying at the same time!