Making a Bow Collar Blouse

This is a great video, thank you for explaining this process! You talked a little bit about needing to clean your machine in the video, I would find it really interesting to watch you do that and hear your explanations on the different parts and processes involved in that.

It's very sweet how you gently (and politely) pat the fabric with the palm of your hand. I like that and the music ~36:42 reminded me of By the Time I Get to Phoenix by Glen Campbell. That's such a good song, I always imagine myself out on the open road whenever I hear it, must be those luscious strings and major 7th chords. As always, lovely work!

Excellent. I've been wanting a bow blouse recently. Great encouragement.

I love the 1930's, and flutter hems. So glad the dye job worked out on the formerly turquoise skirt, and it now seems richer and more versatile in the teal shade. Also I'm pleased with the bow tie blouse and hope to see a future BTB with the vaunted bishop sleeves. (I like big sleeves and I cannot lie!)

I never pay attention to which side the buttons are supposed to go on. I just look at how each side of the placket turned out, and I put the buttonholes on the nicer side.

Loved this. I want to make this shirt. Such a good tutorial.

Beautiful blouse! I loved the idea to tie it in the back.

This is such a beautiful blouse. And I love the way you've styled it at the end!

seeing as though you had this material since 2016, do you have anything older than that?? maybe another video could be finally using the materials you've had for ages, or just been putting off using for no particular reason.

I love the bow tied lower! I’m definitely going to give that a try😃 I wouldn’t worry about the left-right button thing. Isn’t it a hold-over? In the past a man would dress himself and a “lady” would be dressed by a maid. The opposite side buttons were to facilitate the maid’s work. I remember reading that somewhere.....🤔

I'm an office girl (in normal circumstances, now I work from home) and I live for a good bow collar blouse! I'm finally going to draw my bodice block in the next few weeks and this little lady is one of the first on my list once that's done. Again thank you so much (I'm repeating myself but I am truly so very grateful for all your content, tutorials and videos 💗😊)

Another brilliant video :-) xx

And another thing - the hem of that teal skirt is delicious.

I like the ladylike bow. I have used your method for an all-in-one sleeve. It is easier and faster to make. Plus it's comfortable under a jacket. I liked it; then I saw your video about makeovers. I took another look at my blouse. You were right, the sleeve was too long and I looked wide. I angled the hem like your example and it looks great! I'm also very happy with the asymmetrical skirt I made with your method. Suggestion - I would love to see more of your asymmetrical ideas.

Love! Love! Love this blouse!!! Thank you so much for sharing this with us. Definitely given me inspiration and the hope that one day, I too, will be able to sew with silk crepe de chine. *Sigh* 🤔 By the way you explain yourself very well. Stay safe my friend. Sending best wishes from Down Under 👋💚🌺🇦🇺😎

That was great, thank you! I’m feeling much more confident about making my own bow blouse now. And the snaps were an unexpected bonus, since snap closures are one of my next design challenges as well. I’m getting a little tired of buttonholes, so a front closure with hidden snaps is the perfect solution that I hadn’t thought of. I’m not sure if this is really your style, but I want to learn how do do snap closures in the side seam, which was a popular design in the 1930s before zippers were widely available. I haven’t quite figured out how to make the overlap happen in a curved seam. I’m quite hourglass shaped as well, so I need a fair amount of flair in the hips, even if I’m just doing a small extension for tucking it in.

Holy heck I never wanted a bow neck blouse before - but tying it in back!!! Put a huge pin at the front center of the tall neckline and woohoo! In the 1980’s I wore huge men’s dress shirts reversed so I could do that with the back of the collar. It was super 😎

Hi, I'm 56 and rounding of to 45 so who is counting. Okay...I'l watch the film now. Hi again, I just finished and it's a very pretty blouse. As you're asking. Do you have anything flowy and bias cut on you channel? That could be interesting, I think. Yours, Ann

Gorgeous! I'm 29 and round up to 30, too. Does it really matter? Nah. Lol! You often ask if you make sense or say you're "speaking in tongue twisters." I think you do an excellent job of explaining. I love that you talk us through your design/drafting process. I've learned more from your videos than anyone else's. Great job, as usual 💙