Katherine used Sycamore, a lightly textured Japanese cotton paired with a revised version of Butterick 6771. The sweet surprise is how beautifully this fabric drapes and hangs. When Katherine auditioned buttons, another surprise was how well a geometric metal button hit just the right note.

 Katherine made some simple pattern adjustments as she cut and sewed:

• Used the right front & back of version A.
• Did a FBA and lengthened to 1” below fingertip length.
• Did not use the band; lengthened both pieces so they were the same.
• Cut the side seams about midway between the front & back ‘flare’. Added some flare to the back, removed some flare from the front.
• Added a slit to the bottom edge at the side seam.
• Used the fabric selvege to the outside of the back seam.
• Adjusted the shoulder width so the sleeve placement worked better.
• Added a fold back ‘cuff’ cut on the bias to each sleeve.
• Used only the collar stand, cut on the bias, added 1/2” to the stand height.