Here is a shirt I made for Elisa a few months back. It is the Piper pattern from Violette Field Threads. The pattern is actually for a dress but I wanted to make it a shirt (tunic length), and it wasn't very hard to do. I just tucked the ends of the bow at the bottom and you'd never know! It's hard to see, but I did a lace overlay for the bow and collar, and a satin/shiny material for the trim and under the overlay. I like that the combination of the lace overlay with the satin/shiny material give the bow a firmer structure so that it doesn't droop like some other Piper bows I've done. I would recommend using interfacing for Piper bows in the future so that they hold their shape, especially important for washing! For the main fabric I used some pretty fabric I found at Goodwill:
I like the small floral print with the maroon colored background!
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