For apples and pears

The Zo Geknipt 2 Sew Along pattern of this month is a woman's shirt. The shirt is made without a pre-drawn pattern, you have to draw one on your own personal measurements and the shirt is supposed to fit all body types, therefore its named "for apples and pears".
 

Since the last time that I had to draw a pattern from scratch I bought  square grid pattern paper and now I drew the pattern up very quickly because I did not have to worry about my corners not having a 90 degree angle. The shirt is great for color blocking, the front is originally constructed from three diagonal pieces (this is a clear example of such color blocking). The book mentions that if you want to avoid putting focus on your width, you avoid such color blocking. I am wide enough already and therefore decided against that version of color blocking (although I expect that the combination with dark on the sides actually provides a less wide silhouette). 

The fabric I used is from Lillestoff , both the main fabric (on a Tuesday combi) and the dark brown. The book advices to use Punto di Roma, but I wanted to sew from my stash. I think Lillestoff has a good thick quality, but it is less heavy than Punto di Roma (I assume because I never have felt it). To make the contrasting waistband a part of the shirt and to make the whole thing less boring I added a contrasting horizontal bar at the front neckline. I simply cut four centimeter from the pattern piece and cut a piece of 10 centimeter high brown jersey, folded it and locked it to the middle front piece. This way I even did not have the hem that part. I was inspired by her mistake to do this. 

Due to the extra detail at the neck, I decided not to put buttons there. The decorating buttons on the waistband are simple, small buttons from my stash covered in my main fabric. I cut a small circle of jersey, sewed a basting stitch and the outside of the circle, put the button in the middle and pulled the outside of the fabric together. I did not want any print on them, so I actually used the back of the fabric. If you look from up close you can see that it is the back part, but besides my family, people usually don't come that close. 

I used a twin needle and brown colored thread to top stitch all the seams. I am very satisfied with my choice for Lillestoff jersey, I think the quality is heavy enough. The shirt fits well, although next time I will decrease the width of the neckline a bit. While I am typing this post my arms are in front of me and this creates a bit too much gaping for my likes. 
 

I love to hear what you think of my creations. Feel free to leave a comment in the language you prefer (although Google translate might have to assist me if you choose something different than English, German, Dutch or Hungarian).