Grainline Archer |

Another day, another Archer shirt!

This shirt was a while in the making. I sewed it over the Summer but I was given the fabric by my aunt for Christmas 2021. She gave me some more, gorgeous fabric last year and I’ve cut it out but I haven’t sewn it yet. Not sure why they’ve both took so long!

I made this in my standard size 4 but with the reduced seam allowance, as I did with my last couple of archers. I did a mass cutting out before the Summer and realised too late that I could have traced off a bigger size. Next time!

The fabric feels like a liberty cotton – I’m not sure if it is a liberty print, but if not it’s definitely liberty-adjacent. I really love the colours in the fabric (though I had my eye on a minty coloured cardigan in uniqlo but they didn’t have it left by the time I was going to go and treat myself!

I did realise a little too late that somehow I cut the body out upside down and the sleeves the right way up in terms of the large flowers – though I don’t think anyone else would notice if I didn’t point it out. I’m also still not sure why the sleeves have ended up too long on my last couple of archers. Meh. It’s wearable so it’s fine. After I’ve made the last one I have cut out, I’ll maybe actually trace off a larger size and try to get to the bottom of the sleeve issue.

It’s kind of lucky that I like making and wearing shirt as I’ve recently changed jobs (I can’t remember if I mentioned that here before) and it’s a slightly smarter job than my old one – though not super smart. But at least I feel at least partly put together in a shirt – especially under a jumper in this chilly weather!

Something new and different for me – another Archer shirt! As with most of the things I’m sharing at the moment, I made this earlier in the year.

The fabric was from Sew Me Sunshine and it a lovely lightweight cotton – perfect for Summer days that aren’t 40 degrees! I’ve also just started a new job and this can easily be dressed up as office wear.

I made the size 4, as always. I’m much too lazy to trace the pattern pieces again, but I kind of want to one day. But with this one, like the chambray one I made before, I sewed the underarm/side seam with a narrower seam allowance to make it a bit less fitted.

I do love how it looks with these cream Ardens, which were also made from fabric from Sew Me Sunshine. I’m about to go on holiday to Thailand and I’m going to take both of these, in case it’s a bit chilly, and for wearing in temples (as you need to be covered up).

I’m definitely thinking I’ve got an Archer problem. I’ve lost count of how many I’ve made. And of course, I’ve made a bunch of Kalles recently too! I do love making shirts, but maybe it’s time to make something else for a while! (Though I’m sure I’ve still got other shirts to share here that I’ve already made).