I'll be making mine out of a sunshine yellow handkerchief-weight linen. I don't think I'll be making any alterations to the pattern. It's so great as-is!

I just finished the jj blouse I had some trouble with the button up front but for the 3rd item i have ever sewn i think it looks good!

oh and you can see it in my creations i hope yo all like!!!

I will be making the ruffled blouse hopefully this weekend. I pieced the pattern together the other night and I have been excited to make it since I first saw it posted. I have a green/purple and a little yellow paisley print on a cream background that I was going to use for another pattern, but as I have a couple blouses like that already, I decided to try sonething new. I can't wait to get started. Too many projects so little time. Too bad I have to work for a living and can't just stay home and sew.

I have a question. I have a hard time buying button up blouses as I have a bigger bust (38C) and wider shoulders. Usually I end up buying XL or XXL so that there isn't any gaping between buttons. How should I cut out this pattern? Should I use the finished measurements to determing the size I should cut out or would that be asking for trouble? I have my fabric all prewashed and ready to go. It is a little childish I guess but when the pattern was posted I could think of no other fabric that would do. It is red with a small pattern of children playing on it. I'll post a picture of it as soon as I can.

i am thinking on making the sewalong too - my fist choise is a navy blue cotton with two options of buttons. but i think i will use the flower ones for another blouse...a black one.

i am thinking of making the sewalong too. sounds like fun! for now i choose a navy blue cotton (got meters of it as a present) and 2 options of buttons - i think i will use the flower ones for a black blouse though...

sorry - posted it twice and its not showing the image - do you know how exactly i should link it - where to put it on my harddisc so it will be found?

Ceregana-check in the how-to's for my tutorial on how to upload pictures to the forum. :)

thanks a lot for the tip. here the images

Mine is navy blue too but print with white. I bought this fabric 9 years ago, sort of quilt type fabric, no fray at all, not so good for the blouse but I want to get rid of stash.

oh i love your fabric. really pretty. today i bought another one too, but i am not sure if the ruffles will work with the pattern...

I think I'd like to do this, too. I'm going to the fabric store after work! This will be mt very first top, so I'm going to need all the support I can get!

I've got some fabric in my stash that is aching to be JJ - I bought it (as with most of my fabric) without anything in mind. I think it was woven just for JJ. It is beige with white polka dots and the scattered randomly little squares of navy and purples ( like little tetris pieces). I'll be cutting it out later today!