The Deer and Doe Myosotis sewing pattern review

Jul 10

Jul 10 Deer and Doe Mysosotis

The Deer and Doe Myosotis is one of those classic patterns everyone seems to have made but I never did. But I recently did a big session of printing out patterns and decided to finally give it a go.

Mostly people seem to have made the versions with the ruffles on the sleeves and/or the skirt, but I fancied something a bit more streamlined.

I made the size 42, which it says needs 2.5 metres. I had 3 metres, and I'm pretty sure I have a full metre left. Need to experiment to see if this is actually possible to squeeze out of 2!

The fabric is from Minerva, it's one of the bases for their Print on Demand service. It's called linen look cotton and it's my favourite of their bases I've tried yet, after the tencel (I LOVE tencel). It has a textured feel, but it's not slubby. It's just the right kind of weight and it cuts really easily/accurately. The print is called Falling Fronds.

The buttons are from my stash, I was given a massive tin of buttons years ago, and it's usually hard to find matching sets, but I have lots of these olivey ones, so I'm happy I can finally use them

Nothing more to report on sewing this up, I didn't make any adjustments and followed the instructions as written, and it all went smoothly. I used to find button up shirts a bit intimidating, but I've done enough now that I don't worry about it any more. Not quite at the stage where I don't need instructions, but I'm getting there!

Hoping to make another one of these dresses soon!