Blouse and dress Alex mum a mum by Ikatee - size 34 to 46 (French and English)

Amsterdam is a versatile women's shirt pattern with a slightly loose straight cut. It offers many options: 2 bodice lengths (short or long), short or long sleeves with cuffs and an inseparable slit, and a wide choice of collars (tied, round, sailor, officer, shirt, Victorian, or ruffle).
An essential wardrobe piece to adapt to styles, from the most minimalist to the most dressed up.

Available from size 32 to 52.

Intermediate to advanced

What you will learn with this pattern: sewing an inseparable slit, assembling a lined yoke, attaching collars with or without a collar stand, applying a facing strip.

Fabric suggestions

• Warm season: poplin, cotton voile, batiste, chambray, linen, double gauze, broderie anglaise, viscose, tencel, seersucker, gingham.
• Cold season: flannel, cotton twill, light denim, corduroy, fine gabardine.

Supplies

• Woven fusible interfacing (type Vlieseline® G700)
• 12 mm buttons for the front
• 10 mm buttons for the cuffs (long sleeve version)

Fabric and interfacing needs are based on the largest collars (sailor and round collar). For other collars, requirements may be slightly reduced.