Last year I made two bohemian(ish) shirts and have worn them pretty steadily ever since. Which is to say it was about time for me to use the block-printed India cotton fabric I bought in Taos last October.

I decided to try doing French seams by hand. These are the shoulder seams, seen inside and out …

And here’s the front facing of the open neck, once again inside and out …

with a 2 cm appliqué pin for scale (that’s 13/16 of an inch for those of us in the US). Which reminds me, have I mentioned how much I love these tiny pins?

Last for now, I initially French seamed the sides, but realized the shirt wasn’t draping well (a little too tight through the hips, truth be told). So I unpicked the seams and created wedge-shaped inserts for each side, first hemming all the raw edges and then whip stitching the seams together …

On the one hand, I don’t want this project to end as the cloth is a dream to stitch … then again, it should also be a dream to wear in the current Texas heat wave.

Next up: sleeves. And the current debate in my mind is whether to flat fell the armhole or stick with French seaming. Hmmmm …