tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20705637.post3505627224094663428..comments2024-03-27T22:07:57.614-04:00Comments on Diary of a Sewing Fanatic: The Embellished Shirtdress Series - Deer & Doe Myosotis DressCarolyn (Diary of a Sewing Fanatic)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02204627216540667980noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20705637.post-79423772969537063632018-08-18T10:26:55.893-04:002018-08-18T10:26:55.893-04:00Beautiful dress! I was so interested to see where ...Beautiful dress! I was so interested to see where you added, graded etc. I have the Lenox pattern (do I own all the Cashmerette patterns? I dare you to ask me :) ) so that was a GREAT idea! I'm with you on PDFs!PsychicSewerKathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06911914507722968930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20705637.post-63986635535151336632018-07-14T13:15:49.471-04:002018-07-14T13:15:49.471-04:00'Cute but not cutesy. Charming but womanly. Yo...'Cute but not cutesy. Charming but womanly. You look like a grownup in summer' -- I like the way you said this! It's all of this...Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11688809657787883372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20705637.post-13943937338479965892018-07-14T07:43:58.497-04:002018-07-14T07:43:58.497-04:00Perfect. The navy and white gingham is so fresh an...Perfect. The navy and white gingham is so fresh and the embroidery is pretty. You have fitted the bodice so well and the contrasting gathered tiers contrast beautifully. Not to mention your red details ! Yet another fantastic sew ! <br />Janinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14384221374769122673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20705637.post-45753105199331911332018-07-13T21:05:57.343-04:002018-07-13T21:05:57.343-04:00This silouette is very flattering on you. More wai...This silouette is very flattering on you. More waistlines and skirts! Bunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03672695141031447916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20705637.post-14692533869666631572018-07-13T20:10:26.879-04:002018-07-13T20:10:26.879-04:00Omg! I love everything about this dress.Omg! I love everything about this dress.The Sewing CPAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597071745117856780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20705637.post-57013977752149693052018-07-13T07:49:40.719-04:002018-07-13T07:49:40.719-04:00Lovely, as always!Lovely, as always!Laurie Larrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10985772290236837325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20705637.post-56104919187281467682018-07-12T22:26:52.673-04:002018-07-12T22:26:52.673-04:00Love it ...you look beautiful in this dress!Love it ...you look beautiful in this dress!Blakandblancahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061230977530473005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20705637.post-88180365964488833132018-07-12T22:16:45.671-04:002018-07-12T22:16:45.671-04:00This is my favorite thing I have seen on you! It ...This is my favorite thing I have seen on you! It suits you beautifully, and I can understand why you got so many compliments!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02426270867775857048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20705637.post-1141763142941208842018-07-12T17:54:28.311-04:002018-07-12T17:54:28.311-04:00You look great in this outfit. Love it. You look great in this outfit. Love it. Julia Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03754269384975639543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20705637.post-51454342503381641822018-07-11T22:54:56.018-04:002018-07-11T22:54:56.018-04:00Thanks! It really is me...so much so I have one or...Thanks! It really is me...so much so I have one or two more planned! 😉Carolyn (Diary of a Sewing Fanatic)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02204627216540667980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20705637.post-59307152531349205442018-07-11T22:50:22.476-04:002018-07-11T22:50:22.476-04:00SJ - I know you love pdf patterns and I totally ag...SJ - I know you love pdf patterns and I totally agree about different strokes for different folks! I just am clarifying my stance on pdf Patterns. Also this is not quite an empire waist dress which is why I like it. Finally yes I always have a cardigan with me cause the bus is colder than my office!Carolyn (Diary of a Sewing Fanatic)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02204627216540667980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20705637.post-46313479106250758942018-07-11T22:36:25.264-04:002018-07-11T22:36:25.264-04:00You know that shirtdress a few posts ago that was ...You know that shirtdress a few posts ago that was ... fine ... but just wasn't you? This is the opposite. This is so, so YOU! It's breezy, cool, and grown-up hip. You nailed it.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636722923735228804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20705637.post-52359604652922860772018-07-11T21:47:18.556-04:002018-07-11T21:47:18.556-04:00Love, love your version of the dress. And yep to ...Love, love your version of the dress. And yep to everything written above about PDF. It's rare that you can't find something similar in a paper pattern and do your own changes. So good tip about Lenox shirt dress. Jean Moosiemoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16339299160604237598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20705637.post-10701647427010238672018-07-11T21:32:56.491-04:002018-07-11T21:32:56.491-04:00I am such an "inspiration at 2am" sewist...I am such an "inspiration at 2am" sewist, PDF patterns are my JAM, my Jelly, my toasted crumpet! Also, I am the kind of sewist that leaves Planned Parenthood flyers in the Hobby Lobby. And this is why it is such a wonderful and wide world for you and me and everyone else.There is room for us all.<br /><br />Even at half off at a closing sale, I just couldn't get over how much this pattern looks like so many other patterns in my hoard. Take away the tiered skirt and...yup. And unless it's a patio dress with a million miles of rick rack on the skirt, I'm not a tiered skirt gal. After your shirt dress debacle, I was a little surprised at this in your to-do stack.<br /><br />And it really works for you. Cute but not cutesy. Charming but womanly. You look like a grownup in summer. <br />It is splendid. Except for the pockets. I am sad for the pockets.<br /><br />I have an office job question: do you have an office cardigan/sweater/shawl for the air conditioning blast? Does anyone else? This is the next PR contest I think.SJ Kurtzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871599515352715171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20705637.post-39499766327656198592018-07-11T19:36:57.746-04:002018-07-11T19:36:57.746-04:00How fun and summery is this dress??? You look so c...How fun and summery is this dress??? You look so comfy and happy which are not always the 2 things we get from a project. I'm with you on PDF patterns...we do all the work, they keep the money and then spend hours altering and sizing up or down...who needs that? We have a new Hobby Lobby coming to town and that should perk up the only fabric store in town...yes, JoAnn's...the warehouse of polar fleece even in summer. Just when we think of gingham as little girl dress material you spring this on us and we gasp...OMG...I want one of these for myself!!!mrsmolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16329515914613595719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20705637.post-19488650028937564642018-07-11T18:34:49.670-04:002018-07-11T18:34:49.670-04:00I love this dress! It's fabulous. Makes me w...I love this dress! It's fabulous. Makes me want to get out my embroidery unit and make some really special fabric and a dress. ggMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04301526396026815132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20705637.post-77585144298284320772018-07-11T18:30:50.577-04:002018-07-11T18:30:50.577-04:00I rarely go to Hobby Lobby so getting this was a t...I rarely go to Hobby Lobby so getting this was a treat AND when I bought it, the fabric was on sale!Carolyn (Diary of a Sewing Fanatic)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02204627216540667980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20705637.post-53049906631277159932018-07-11T15:06:01.951-04:002018-07-11T15:06:01.951-04:00Love, love, looove this dress Carolyn!! I passed t...Love, love, looove this dress Carolyn!! I passed that fabric at Hobby Lobby and now they're sold out!!! As for the pattern, it's very tempting but I haven't pulled the trigger yet!Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16434361085529338032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20705637.post-84652066951977955932018-07-11T13:32:24.017-04:002018-07-11T13:32:24.017-04:00As always, you are an inspiration! This dress look...As always, you are an inspiration! This dress look ah!mazing! I am with you in PDF patterns..there is a dress pattern that I want to make...available as as a PDF only now (used also have hard copies) and I just cannot bring myself to get it....foolish...but there you are , I am still an analog kind of gal...mzjohansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099656264060749484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20705637.post-43066597598930420402018-07-11T12:45:09.383-04:002018-07-11T12:45:09.383-04:00This dress is so pretty and looks like a summer pi...This dress is so pretty and looks like a summer picnic. Great job.Connie Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13526657792519056005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20705637.post-83967660852859384972018-07-11T12:38:28.744-04:002018-07-11T12:38:28.744-04:00Love the dress, looks comfy and adorable on you! S...Love the dress, looks comfy and adorable on you! So agree with you view on the pdf patterns, did so many back when I was using pattern software sewing for my plus size daughter, just forced me to learn more about alterations on paper patterns, now can do those faster than messing with a pdfLauraMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08646972991522827672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20705637.post-65902758641919650322018-07-11T12:03:57.604-04:002018-07-11T12:03:57.604-04:00Super cute, looks great on you and such a nice fab...Super cute, looks great on you and such a nice fabric choice. Beth (SunnyGal Studio)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08891740887743925587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20705637.post-7749078143188273132018-07-11T11:44:14.854-04:002018-07-11T11:44:14.854-04:00Keisha - I knew you'd understand! LOL! I under...Keisha - I knew you'd understand! LOL! I understand why some sewists like pdfs because I'm sure it's due to availability - they can get stuff faster by downloading since some pattern lines aren't sold in their countries - but I don't have that challenge. And no one can convince me to spend $20 on a pattern with one garment in it, then send it somewhere to be printed for an additional $5-10. That's $30 before fabric!!!Carolyn (Diary of a Sewing Fanatic)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02204627216540667980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20705637.post-77942894734511847782018-07-11T11:07:25.477-04:002018-07-11T11:07:25.477-04:00That last paragraph...all that. I need Indie patte...That last paragraph...all that. I need Indie patterns to be special to compel me to buy and I hate wasting good sewing time assembling paper together. And while I sent my last batch of PDFs to be printed, still, that is an additional expense.<br /><br />At any rate, I LOVE THIS DRESS SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It looks SO good on you. The fit is everything and the fabric is fun and screams summertime.KS_Sews (Dressmakingbacles)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04687503853838975877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20705637.post-26908197533225569492018-07-11T09:12:22.479-04:002018-07-11T09:12:22.479-04:00Adorable dress, Carolyn! I'm definitely not a...Adorable dress, Carolyn! I'm definitely not a pdf fan. I want to spend my time perfecting the fit of a tissue pattern not printing and taping it together from the start. Karensewingkmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11747001697655177474noreply@blogger.com