New approach

I added sleeves to my muslin ...

 

I decided the first cut on the sleeves had the top too far off the shoulder & brought them in an inch, which helped.  The shirt is too tight across the hips and it pulls ...

 

Also, the fabric I had in mind is too heavy and there isn't enough of it.  I can use a different fabric, but right now, I am not sufficiently inspired to continue.

Here's the fabric.  There is a knit, then I was planning to use the print for bias binding, for contrast.

 

 

It's not exactly $100 yd material, but then, if it were I would be afraid to cut into it.  :-)

 

I have a new idea though ...

 

 

I was thinking surplice, but now I am thinking of cutting off the underlayer & sewing it shut below the inset.   I think that if I leave it free, it will lose the waist shaping.

Another view ... I made it more symmetrical, but now I am thinking it may be more interesting if the neckline is off center.

 

 

In the meantime, I think I'll go make view B of that Butterick pattern, the one with the horizontal tucks, just to show that I can.  Muslin first though ...