Ecru ribbed square back-frill shirt

I have just made this shirt, to be precise it's 90 % done. I still have to finish some things but I have decided to wear it to work anyway. I teach at school, I hope nobody scrutinizes my look. I think that people who don't sew have no idea if something is not completed or done on purpose.

I wanted to make this shirt from Burda 12/ 2024 because it looks like a nice, useful and special top to  wear with my black or grey jeans. 

The pattern is fine but it's very typical for burda. The back is TOOOO wide. The neckline is nice but it's a bit WIDE in the front as well. I made size 38 and it's TOO big for me. I usually wear size 40. I have been exercising a lot with weights recently so this might be the reason. My weight on the scale hasn't changed but I think that my waist is smaller. Hmm, interesting. Or maybe it is the pattern - I'm just not sure what the problem is.

Anyway I made this pattern no. 118, size 38 from Burda 12/ 2024.

I have doubled the front (no facing, but made with 2 front pieces so that you can't see my bra), shortened the sleeves to my elbows because that's how I like them (so I've shortened them for 20 cm). I have shortened the top for 6 cm (from 64 to 58 cm). I'm a short person - 164 cm short.

The back was too wide and it stuck out horribly, the front is also gaping a little bit. But because I have fixed the back it's not so obvious. I have noticed the problems only after I have done the front and back facing SOOO *#&%*. I took in the sides for 2 cm and I made a cut in the middle of the back (I unpicked the facing and cut through the back piece and the back facing. Then I sewed 2 cm on the top of the back (on both sides - so that's 4 cm together) and 1.5 towards the bottom of the back, and just 1 cm near the bottom of the back piece. I did the same with the  back facing (took in for 2 cm on both sides). And voila! - I got a great fitting piece (otherwise it would look horrible).

And since I was improvising I just continued. I made a frill out of two soft-tull pieces (one gentle grey and one gentle pink). I think it looks OK. Maybe it's my signature style because it's my third garment with a frill going down the back.

Like I said: it's 90 % finished - I have to hem the bottom hem and do a decorative seam around the neckline with my (great-but-difficult) coverstitch machine Brother CV 3550. I have ordered pink metallic thread and I'm waiting for that to arrive and then I'll finish it.

The material was bought here DRIESSEN STOFFEN https://driessenstoffen.nl/en/ . It cost me 6.95 EUR a meter, I got 1.5 m = 10.43 EUR (rib jersey ecru, cotton & elastane), I have noticed just now that the width is only 120 cm. Maybe I should cut smaller pattern because ribbed jersey stretches a lot !? Hmm??

Not bad. It's a pattern that needs adjusting - the back, the front, then sleeves for me. The neckline is a bit special because I have to push my bra straps towards my shoulders not to show them. It's a useful basic piece for trousers - especially black & white combination. I will show you my pink metallic thread when I get it.