I’ve been testing another pattern for House Morrighan. I had no idea when Yvonne, the designer asked for testers, that there would be more than the one pattern. But I’m having so much fun and I’m loving these patterns! This one might be my favorite, but it’s hard to pick just one.
Abbie
Here’s the latest pattern being released: the Abbie Chemise. And really good news is both the larger sizes and smaller sizes are both being released at the same time. For previous patterns, it’s been the larger sizes first. The cups on this might look familiar. This pattern uses the same cups as the Poppy Bralette. I imagine you could use the Dahlia cups in this too, which might be fun.
The Abbie Chemise has three different length options – a camisole length, a mid-thigh length, and a knee-length. I’m making the knee-length.
I’ve had a lovely cotton Lycra in my stash I’m using for this. I’m thinking it will be a lovely summer nightie.Oh, this is lovely! It flows over the curves perfectly. It’s just skimming over those curves. It’s very comfortable.
I’ve lined the cups with black power mesh as well, just to give a little more support than just the cotton Lycra.
I don’t know if anyone else has ever had a hard time buying anything like this in RTW. But I could never find anything that fit. If I found something that fit in the bust, the rest of it would float around me! I’m thrilled with this pattern. Abbie is going to get a lot of use!
Here it is from the side.Yvonne has some lovely tips in the pattern to make this more supportive as well. You can choose if you want to add those tips or not.
Here’s the back view:I love this. It’s no longer summer, (we’ve even had snow already) but I’m thinking forget the long night gowns for warmth! This is just so pretty, and fits so well.
Abbie’s instructions are to hem her, but seeing as I really wanted this for a nightie, I decided to do a lettuce edge on mine. I’ll do a normal hem for Em’s though. I really love this pattern. I’m sure I’ll be making more of this! It’s so versatile and very flattering on.
A Smaller Abbie
I offered to test Abbie in the smaller sizes too. This is for Em.
I knew from last time, the size I made her was too small, so I went up two sizes in band and one size in the cups.
Here’s Em’s Abbie Chemise. This is a cotton Lycra as well, with mesh lined cups. I used the same pretty mesh I used last time for Em’s Poppy bralette. This is from Libelle Sewing.It makes the inside just as pretty as the outside.
I made a mistake when cutting the pattern out though. Did you notice? I accidentally cut out the wrong cups for Em’s Abbie. I cut out the Dahlia cups! And it does work quite well still. So, I showed you the Dahlia cups without even meaning to do that. They do look very nice with the Abbie Chemise too.
Here’s the side view: And the back view:You can also see the hem on this. I gave it a normal hem, but I didn’t have time to press it for photos. Em was here to claim her new Abbie, so a quick photo was all I could manage.
The Abbie Chemise was released today. You can find the pattern in House Morrighan’s Etsy shop.
Happy creating!
Loving your blog Michelle. I’ve just realised you are the admin on tester site for the Viola! I think following your blog about the Poppy bralette introduced me to House Morrighan. Thank you.
The Dahlia cups look great on the chemise. Fabulous idea. Both versions look lovely. I’ve just purchased the Abbie Chemise pattern and look forward to making it.
Sandra, thank you! I’m glad you found House Morrighan. Her patterns are fabulous, and I especially love the Abbie pattern.