Nadine cropped button up

Hello!! Today I'm writing about a leftovers project! A little cropped button up made from the fabric I had remaining after my Arum dress!

Pattern: Nadine from Republique du Chiffon

Fabric: leftover floral linen from mood used in my arum dress, Buttons are Faceted cube glass buttons from mood

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I'm a big fan of cropped button ups, and have a few that I got from forever 21 AGES ago that are sort of at the end of their life. I've been looking around for a good pattern for a while when I found Nadine. I was debating if I wanted to use a regular sleeveless button up and just tie it or an actual cropped pattern, but in this case my fabric decided for me! I had enough to comfortably make the cropped shirt but would not have been able to make full length shirt.  This pattern was great, although the website says it's available in english... Maybe I did something wrong when I ordered it but the only download I had available was french. The pattern is pretty simple though so it wasn't too big a problem! except that I THINK seam allowances weren't included? (I do not speak french AT ALL haha) so I added them, but I do think I could have probably cut a bit smaller size, or maybe I did not add even seam allowances. 

I finished the armhole with bias binding also left over from the Arum dress. Maybe that is what the pattern said to do, I don't know! I didn't realize when I took these pictures that the collar was messed up and I didn't feel like retaking them (sorry) so here are a few pictures of the shirt hanging to see the non-flipped collar. I love the the collar is small and dainty but the stand is so small that I think it makes the collar sometimes not want to sit correctly on a curve. Could also just be that the fabric is a bit stiff though! I also enjoyed making a button up without a back yoke- it felt like it came together SO quickly!

When it came time to pick the buttons, I decided to use these pretty glass buttons I had in my stash. They have a pretty sparkle and I think add a little something special to the shirt! Unfortunately the buttonholes are definitely not my best work. I'm not sure if it was the fabric or my machine was just being finicky but it did NOT want to make buttonholes on this top. They came out OK and it isn't too noticeable but despite me messing with the tension on a scrap for way too long they still ended up a little lumpy. The feed really didn't want to pull the fabric through so they kept getting stuck! 

This was a fun and easy pattern to put together, and I will definitely be making another top soon! I think though I will make it maybe/at least an inch smaller around the waist by nipping in the side seams and probably 1/2 inch smaller everywhere else. There is a bit of gaping at the armholes. I may just take this one in later, I can't decide if I really like the boxyness or if I would prefer it to be a bit more fitted. One downside to finishing with french seams is that if you are lazy (guilty) it is just that extra bit of work to change the sizing if you decide to modify after you are done. Which means more often than not I don't end up making the change. Ah well!  

I would recommend making a pattern in a language you don't speak! It was kind of fun to just wing it. It helps if the pattern is nice and simple though!