...although, it would have been quicker if I'd, y'know, had as much cloth as really needed. As it was, I spent a lot of time moving things around in very fiddly ways trying to make the last pieces--bias-cut pieces no less!--work. And I definitely didn't have enough yardage to pattern match the stripes from the bodice to the sleeves...nor enough to make the sleeves the length shown...or even to make the whole shirt the length shown...
I had to piece the bias band/neck tie bits, which actually went well...then I ran out of bobbin thread while topstitching. Now, I'm not usually one to shy away from picking out a few inches (or even feet) of topstitching to correct for problems like this, but, for this shirt...? Pfft, whatever.
And, of course, double topstitching everywhere and sleeves attached in a very sloppy version of the method shared by Male Pattern Boldness.
Still, it's done, I have a loose woven shirt to wear in hot summer heat, and I have one less bit of cloth in the stash. All things that are good.
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