Stitchin' in My Kitchen

The Colette Ceylon dress was another pattern that I stared at for a while...thought about it.....waited....and eventually bought.  I liked that it had a vintage vibe without being costume-y.  The thought of putting in all of those buttons and buttonholes made me cringe.  I ultimately decided just to do it, because I thought it had potential to be flattering and even though it was a dress, it's kind of a shirt-dress and I could wear it to work and actually get some use out of it. So here we go! So many buttonholes!! I made a muslin of the bodice first - I've yet to have a fitting issue with Colette, but I'd been having issues with tops being tight across my ribs.  I cut a size 6 and the muslin fit well, not too big but it would have room to button it up. So on to the real thing. My fabric is a purple textured midweight wool from Fabric Outlet in SF (also available at their online store here ).  It was $20/yard but I bought it during their semi-annual store...