Lay down the lace over the pattern- fold the hem allowance in the pattern, look at the neck. Do the motifs make sense ? Here they don’t – so it’s appliqué work later

Next pin everything before cutting

Take care of motifs while cutting

Line the pieces up- realize you’ve messed up one of them and fix it and line them up again

Hem the lining

Mark the seams on the lining- sew to lace with a zigzag stitch beyond the seams. The lace is tough to sew through – use lots of pins. A basting stitch would have been a good idea here

For the shoulder seams without any lining- cut a 5/8 inch of lining- zigzag it to one end and cut off excess. I used the selvedge end so it wouldn’t have to be zigzagged

Sew side seams and shoulder hems

Tack lining down in a few places, hand sew the shoulder seams back

If there are gaps in the lace – just add motifs

And that’s the shirt