A Most Beguiling Accomplishment

My translation of Lauren of Wearing History's article on blouse patterns from Miroir des Modes , October 1907. [From left to right:] In Bourdeaux (red) taffeta with Irish guipure In light blue louisine and guipure In black marquisette and braid

This is my second garment for the VPLL 1912 Projec t, and my first done in normal scale and without any instructions.  For fabric, I used a large piece of $2/yd green checked cotton I'd bought for making a muslin a while back, which happened to match up with what the pattern recommended.  The reasons I picked this pattern are that I want to be more comfortable with blouse sewing, I'd like a 1912 blouse, and I find the emphasis on the shoulders which was very common from about 1906 on, which is present in the blouse, to be very interesting.