Deer and Doe – Measure Twice Cut Once

At this stage I’m sure no one is surprised I’ve made another myosotis, this is my 4th one and quite possibly not my last.

I wanted something I could wear to work hence my choice of a darker style of fabric.

This one I picked up at The Fabric Store and while it was marked as lawn it feels a good deal heavier than any of the other lawns I’ve got. Especially much heavier than any of the Liberty lawns that I own. Initially I had thought it was because it was a darker colour but nope it really doesn’t feel or react like the other Liberty lawns. Weird.

These photos were taken on the way home from a full day at work so you can see at least it doesn’t wrinkle up too much despite a days worth of wear.

It did however sew up nicely and well quickly as I smashed this one out just before we went to England for Christmas. I even omitted the pockets in order to get it sewn faster. Because I’ve made it a few times, I know I can just pull it on over my head so I don’t bother with the buttonholes and just sew the buttons directly through both plackets closing them up. These are some fun slightly vintage style ones that helped bring a darker fabric to life.

Despite being much darker than I normally wear this one has been in heavy rotation during the holiday and then wearing it to work since then. I just wish it was as light and airy as my other lawn pieces which would be a great help in this sweaty weather.

Pattern – Deer and Doe Myosotis

Fabric – Liberty from The Fabric Store Sydney

Alterations – omitted pockets for speed of sewing, don’t do that again!

I fell in love with the Deer and Doe Magnolia dress as soon as it was released, v neck, faux wrap and oddly for me I loved the long version.

When you are short you are always told to never wear floor length dresses because it will make you appear shorter. But you know what no one ever mentions? The fact that they feel awesome to wear! Suddenly you are swishing down the street like some kind of goddess, so hang being short and bring on the long goddess dresses.

I wanted to make a wearable toile and had spotted this rayon challis at Lincraft of all places. This is now my second fabric purchase from Lincraft in 20 years, woo crazy stuff I know. It was originally close to $20 a metre and while cute was not worth that, I kept waiting till it went on sale and finally got it for about $6 a metre which was perfect because this dress is a fabric eater! Even without the sleeves there is a tonne of fabric useage.

Sewing wise it all went really well. In the future I’d re toile the bodice as the princess seam is now where near my bust causing some odd drags at the underarm and I need to shorten the bodice from shoulder to waistband by about 1.5cm. I also found I could get it on without the zip so didn’t put the zip in which was good as I have a sneaking suspicion this fabric would not have liked having a zip put in.

The fabric is a dream to wear, its opaque so no lingerie, cool and breezy on hot days and doesnt crush too much over the length of the day. These photos were taken about 5pm and I’d been wearing it since 9am so that’s pretty good. The bad about the fabric is that it keeps growing. I had hemmed it to wear with my flat summer thongs. It’s now at the point where I have to wear my boot clogs or I trip over it. I think I’ll wash it again this week and then cut off the hem and re hem it back to a non trip hazard length.

While I’m at it I’m also going to sew up the leg split. I’m not sure how I managed it but I have a crotch level split. Which which good for hot weather does rather flash people more than I am comfortable with.

Pattern: Deer and Doe Magnolia

Fabric: Rayon Challis from Lincraft

Alterations: reduce thigh spilt, reduce bodice length, move princess seams to be on bust

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