I made another melilot! I originally bought this fabric to make a dress, but I knew a shirt would get more wear. I have enough leftover for another project, which is good, because it’s amazing.
This version has a collar and short sleeves.
Not much else to report!…
I had just enough plaid fabric leftover from Mal’s long-sleeved Fairfield to squeeze a Melilot out for myself. It was pretty close, and I was only able to pattern match across the front.
I used the same wooden chevron buttons as the Fairfield as well, from Arrow Mountain, because…
Once I got my Melilot fitting properly on the back, I knew I needed to make a dress version. I used some Art Gallery rayon from Stitch.
To change the pattern, I pretty much just extended the hem down. I liked the way the skirt part of the Seamwork Adelaide…
I made my third Melilot with the fit adjustments from the workshop at Stitch.The fit is so much better on the back. In the workshop, we added in darts, but I actually liked the flowy back without them for this top so I left it flat. The only other…
Here is my second finished Deer and Doe Melilot! I need to take some photos of it on me still. There’s a weird fitting issue on the sleeves, but it’s still totally wearable. It might need a bit of a forward shoulder adjustment or something, but not sure how that…
I’m SO thrilled with how this came out.
After my muslin, I took a little break and did some other projects. When I finally had some time to work on it, I tried on the muslin again and made a few tweaks. I ended up pinching out .25″ or…
