The Great White Shirt

I joined the above sew along at PR. I had scoured the Internet, looking for embellishment ideas for white shirts. I found one shirt at Coldwater Creek that I liked. It had wavy tucks down the fronts. Wavy tucks, or Mexican tucks--whatever one calls them, are tucks that are stitched across, then reversed direction and stitched down the opposite way at 3-4" apart.

The tucks on the Coldwater shirt appear to be 3/8" wide, approximately, with a little space in between. The wavy tucks are released at the waist, so there's a bit of fullness underneath.

Here's the photo.

Sometimes, the best laid plans--!! I made a sample of this technique, and while it is very much like the photo at CC, I don't like it. It just isn't making me happy. Maybe if made into a
garment, it would look like I had it pictured.

So, it's back to the drawing board.

I have a lot of shirt patterns. I mean--a lot! And still, I continue to buy them, as if I were going to make all of them! I narrowed it down to 3 patterns for the sew-along:

Two are Palmer/Pletsch--M3284 and M5630. The other is S3684. I've made all of them previously. I'm leaning toward the Simplicity pattern. I made the version with the yoke in yellow cotton. I have a white tone-on-tone cotton that would work up nicely in the same pattern. Although I like feminine blouses, I also like "boy" type shirts, traditional with back yoke, front placket and collar/band.

Whatever--I want to get going on something. For some reason, I've been stymied on this project. I dunno why. Just because. I haven't been able to get my head into it--yet.

Here are the patterns I bought at the last Jo's Simplicity sale:

S2807 is a Runway blouse pattern, with a lot of variations. Very nice for a feminine top. S2612 is another Runway pattern, skirt and top. S2594 is a top with neckline variations, one being a cowl that I like.

There are 2 pants patterns, called "Amazing Fit". S2860 and S2562 have variations for slim, regular and curvy fit. I think that is an absolutely GREAT idea. Hooray for Simplicity! Guess which fit I am? Humm?

I will think about the white shirt some more. I have several patterns fit, so it shouldn't be such a big deal. Choose something and sew for goodness sake! Quit procrastinating. Make a decision. Shees!