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Grainline Archer #2 Batik

9/28/2019

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My stash distresses me. I don't even know what I own. I want to sew, sew, sew it away until it is gone and I only buy what I need when I know what I want and I have a plan. I have purchased too many patterns I now know I will not sew because I didn't know what I was doing. I have purchased fabric with no pattern in mind and no plan for what it would be used for. The result is this weighty burden. 

Still I buy fabric when I think I will not find its equal again easily, as I did when I went to the Sewing Expo 2019 and saw some gawachuss batik-design fabrics (that's how I think of them). Some of the fabric was cotton, some rayon, some jersey (cotton, I think). The colors were so awesome I bought 3 bits. 

The white linen Archer had gone together so effortlessly and fit nicely, so I decided to stash bust and sew another Archer with one of the batik-y pieces, this time going for the long-sleeved version.
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I am pleased with the result, although there are 2 mishaps. One is that the interfacing I used is heavier than I would like. The fabric--the rayon, I think (see, I bought it this year and I don't even know what it is) is very light and drapey. I had used a lighter-weight interfacing in the linen version, and it was perfect. This time I had something called lightweight, or featherweight even, but it was heavier than the other stuff. Oooh, I hope I can find it again.

The other is that I sewed the buttons onto the wrong side of the cuffs, or to be more accurate, I put the button hole in the wrong side after which there was no undoing it. Oopsie.
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Grainline Archer #1

9/28/2019

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I searched through (and purchased) a number of button-down shirt patterns seeking a simple, loose but fitted style for a beach cover up before settling on the Archer. I am happy I went with it. It turned out great.

I intended to make it in linen--the first time ever I made anything out of this fabric. I was trying to copy a shirt my sister wore to Hilton Head the previous year. Hers was a lovely denim-colored lightweight linen. I found a blue linen and bought it. It looked, and felt, like grandma's favorite table cloth, so it was a no-go for this. I decided to look for something lighter weight and the only thing I could find was white. Still, when it arrived, I fell in love! I imagined it was pretty similar to what mummies are wrapped in but somehow that only added to its allure. 

I made the shirt and my, linen is nice to sew with. I have worn the shirt a couple times and it wrinkled up right away as is its reputation. It still looks good to me. 
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Gawd, that dart is insanely wrong. Still I love it. Here's a close up of the top:
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    I am a wife and mother. I work fulltime. In my spare time, I sew, learn violin, do yoga, and am active in Toastmasters.

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