I'm (Not) Feelin' It

I made a thing earlier this summer that I immediately regretted.  It was an impulse purchase of fabric, and I'm sorry to say, I didn't heed my better judgement.  Namely: DON'T SEW GARMENTS WITH ART GALLERY QUILTING COTTON!  I don't know how many times I have to learn this lesson.  Sheesh.

(For the record, I don't mind sewing with quilting cottons, but Art Gallery's quilt cotton is a different beast.  It behaves differently from other cottons and has a kind of poplin feel to it.  I always feel like I'm wearing paper).

I fell in love with the print in the spring, and had been saving up to get the knit substrate for a fall dress, but the cheapness of the quilting cotton version whispered my name.  I thought: I can make a simple blouse out of that!  (This was shortly after I converted my Blue Forest dress into a blouse, and I was feeling overly confident).  Famous last words.

I used my Dottie Pearl dress pattern as a block and just cut it shorter without bust tucks.  It came together very quickly, and I thought it was going quite well.

Until I put it on, and I immediately felt claustrophobic.  The armscyes are annoyingly tight and while it feels better after having it on for a few minutes, I still feel slightly sausage-y in it.  Which is not really the feeling I was going for with this blouse.  I don't really know what the problem is, as both of the dresses I made from this pattern don't have this issue.

I cut the length such that I could wear it untucked, but that means it wants to untuck constantly.  *le sigh*  I'm hoping the Brooks Blouse will work better for me.

So, not my best effort (and why you get phone photos in the bathroom mirror).  I've already cut it down for a shirt for Birdie and will post photos of that soon.  I have the knit substrate of this print waiting in my fabric pile for a fall dress.