I finished the practice blouse. I learned a lot about basting. I learned a lot about pattern drawing (which I already knew, but it took some time to get it back out of the dark corners of my mind). I love the design of the fabric. I made a mistake by not cutting the biais-strip on the bias, so that was interesting, and then I also attached it the wrong way around. It’s not that noticeable unless I tell people, but it was an educational mistake to make. Making this blouse was mainly a test to see if I could do a proper blouse that looks professional, before starting on a chambray blouse that I plan to embroider. I’ve wanted (to both do and have) that for years, so now is the time to find out how and get to it I think. And this one, especially how I made and attached the collar, is really nice and seems made for me. Probably because it is. During the photographing I imitated the cat because we were communicating, and so here’s a picture of me looking like a startled constipated horse. Yay?