I may have been away from blogosphere for a while but I certainly have been sewing these past months. The Rebecca Taylor V1152 dress I mentioned in my fabrics blog ended up having major fit issues. Never ever am I adding ease wily nily without doing tissue or muslin fittings. I somehow thought I had it right. Then there was the Pendrell blouse that I made in a completely wrong fabric! Without any drape, those sleeves look awful.
This is total redemption however!
My first attempt at a jacket and I couldn't be happier (and yes, prouder)!! The pattern is an out-of-print Vogue pattern I bought off of Etsy.
I picked a printed cotton (must be bottomweight, I can't seem to recall) from JoAnn's and decided to make the jacket unlined as I plan to use it mostly as a summer jacket.
Here are the changes that were required to make this an unlined jacket.
1. I used french seams for all seams on the main body of the jacket except the two princess seams on the front. I ironed the seam allowance of the princess seams away from center front and hand stitched the front facing such that it would cover the seam allowance.
2. Added a facing to the back neck so the jacket would look better on the hangar. No wrong side of fabric showing this way.
3. Added cuffs to the sleeves.
The most challenging part of making this jacket was lining up the print on the fabric to match for adjoining pieces. After spending an entire weekend cutting the jacket . The front alone had eight pieces that needed to be perfectly aligned. Overall I am happy with how well the rows are aligned.
I modified the sleeve to be 3/4th length and created a simple cuff for it.
I absolutely love the way the pockets are designed. If and when I make this jacket again, I will use contrasting fabric for the two pieces that make up the pocket, so the shape shows off well. Thanks to my amazing print matching skills you can hardly tell the jacket has pockets on the front bottom. :P
I picked a printed cotton (must be bottomweight, I can't seem to recall) from JoAnn's and decided to make the jacket unlined as I plan to use it mostly as a summer jacket.
Here are the changes that were required to make this an unlined jacket.
1. I used french seams for all seams on the main body of the jacket except the two princess seams on the front. I ironed the seam allowance of the princess seams away from center front and hand stitched the front facing such that it would cover the seam allowance.
2. Added a facing to the back neck so the jacket would look better on the hangar. No wrong side of fabric showing this way.
3. Added cuffs to the sleeves.
The most challenging part of making this jacket was lining up the print on the fabric to match for adjoining pieces. After spending an entire weekend cutting the jacket . The front alone had eight pieces that needed to be perfectly aligned. Overall I am happy with how well the rows are aligned.
I modified the sleeve to be 3/4th length and created a simple cuff for it.
I absolutely love the way the pockets are designed. If and when I make this jacket again, I will use contrasting fabric for the two pieces that make up the pocket, so the shape shows off well. Thanks to my amazing print matching skills you can hardly tell the jacket has pockets on the front bottom. :P
