Floral Lawn Cheyenne Tunic

For both of these sewing projects I opened buttonholes, stitched in the ditch, edgestitched and topstitched, and graded seams.

Let’s talk about the pattern. I pinned a chambray henley on pinterest years ago. When I go up the courage to want to make something similar, I couldn’t find a pattern. I hacked other patterns and was never happy with the result. Eventually the Mila Shirt and the Cheyenne tunic* came out about the same time. Finally! A pattern I was looking for. The Mila has gathers above the bust which I didn’t want, but it does have a collar. The Cheyenne Henley version had no gathers, but it didn’t have a collar. I had a hard time deciding between the two, but eventually decided on the Cheyenne mainly for the no gathers. I wanted a really clean look that a flat front provides. I’m hoping to figure out how to add a collar on a future version.
Anyway, I love this pattern. I took a risk and didn’t sew a muslin! I just trust Hey June patterns. The shirt was time consuming for all the details, but it wasn’t hard to sew. I accidentally cut the front not on the fold (#pregnancybrain) and had to make it work. I sewed a tiny seam down the front and had to work with the placket a little bit to make it work. Luckily, the print is so busy that nobody can see my mistake!
I made a size small which is probably a little tight at the moment, but it still fits and will fit better in a couple of months. This is the perfect nursing shirt. I feel comfortable and slightly dressed up, but it has easy and quick nursing access. I can even tuck it into a skirt and still have nursing access.
I used some floral cotton lawn that I got during Joann’s Black Friday sale last year (here’s a link to a different colorway*). It’s really soft and will be great on hot summer days, but I also love wearing this shirt with one of my long cardigans. I used simple white buttons that blend right in. Here’s how to open a buttonhole.