Aime Comme Madame Shirt, Deer+Doe Chataigne Shorts for Lidia

 Don't you just love it when a vision becomes reality?

Mine was to use this gorgeous selvage on the fabric Jerry purchased in a ruffled edge (not for him though)

Backstory...

Jerry is terribly fond of a pink gingham shirt. He has had three over our marriage and has worn all of them to bits, literally.

Our Merino sheep stud, Ramsgate, has a hot pink shirt as a uniform such is his fondness for the colour.

On a recent Adelaide trip he came home with some windowpane check for a new shirt.

'I got five metres' he announced 'Is that enough'?

It was plenty and so much so that I cut a blouse for Lidia at the same time.

Thus the ruffles!

I have been on a shirt sewing spree for Matilda and I am in the zone. I suggested the selvage ruffle to her but she was not that keen however Lidia loved the sound of it.

I went with the tried and true Aime Comme Madame

I omitted the collar and added a ruffle the to neck band. I also folded and stitched the front placket to the outside rather than the inside, sewing the ruffle along the edge.

I cut the sleeve cuff and placket on the bias (interfacing both pieces so they didn't stretch out of shape) and added a ruffle along the edge of the cuff.

I cut the outer yoke on the bias as a design feature but cut the inside yoke true to grain to stabilise it. More ruffles!

Finished with self cover buttons made by Jerry!

The shaped hem looks just as snappy untucked. I finished it with a narrow double hem.

Lids loves shorts, she wears them with tights in Winter so she rocks them all year 'round. I suggested a charcoal linen pair but Liddy fancied matching colour with colour and pulled some aqua blue linen the same as  the selvage.

Deer+Doe Chataigne shorts are just so elegant and fun.

From the website... Make a wardrobe of shorts with Chataigne. With your choice of high or mid rise, the waist is defined by a panelled yoke ending in a point in the front, with pleats for shaping and curved hip pockets in the front, and flap pockets in the back. The shorts are secured with an invisible zipper in the side seam.

• Version A has a mid rise with cuffed hem.
• Version B has a high rise with scalloped hem.

The nubbly vintage linen was a challenging sew and my front 'V' is not perfect but c'est la vie.

The pattern calls for an invisible zipper but I find my girls are a bit hard on those so I just plump for a regular one.

It was fun to sew some colour!

No modelled photos yet but I promise to share them as soon as I do!

Thank you so much for reading .. xx Nicole