Another finished project!

February 6, 2009 at 4:44 am (Sewing Coats, patterns) ()

McCalls 5243I did it.  I finished another ‘unfinished project’.  Of course, I  used the worst fabric – quite possibly the worse fabric choice available.  Well, maybe not that bad, but- The problem is the fabric is ‘flocked’.  Who knew they made flocked fabric – I thought only Christmas trees got flocked.  I purchased this fabric at JoAnns – where sometimes you can get some great fabrics and sometimes you don’t!  Anyway, the jacket can’t be dry cleaned and I can’t wash it since I, of course, over tailored it.  But – I DID FINISH IT!  Here’s another look at the lining, too. I purchase this at Michael Levine’s and I love animal prints.  The buttons are from my stash.  I know there has been some blog-chatter about using ’stuff’ from you stash just because its from your stash, but I love it when someone makes a garment and they use unique and interesting buttons/closures/trim or whatever that they bought years ago.  There’s a story there and as a sewer I want to hear the story. Lining of McCalls 5243

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Another project completed!

February 2, 2009 at 1:50 am (Sewing Coats) (, )

Lining for V8123I just finished yet another of my unfinished coats.  I finished it several days ago and I am just now posting it here.

Vogue 8123
Vogue 8123

Its Vogue8123, considered an ‘easy’ pattern, which doesn’t necessarly mean that I get them done faster.  I purchased the button at Michael Levine’s (downtown), but I broke the back of it, so I just sewed it on flat, so the button won’t go through the buttonhole.  Oh well!

 
My niece wore it and it was much too big, but she loved it and got several compliments on it.  She loved it because I used silk charmeuse for the lining, which I also purchased at Michael Levine. Yeah, there’s a trend here.  But the fabric for the coat I purchased at JoAnn’s.  Its a wool blend – probably.  I got it only because I was taking the last of my embroidery classes and I used the grand hoop embroidery on the back (I have the Creative Vision- Pfaff).
This is a picture of the back.  Everyone else in the class was making pillows – of couse, I had to be different and made the embroidery into a jacket.  I used a rayon thread that matched or almost matches the color of the jacket.
V8123- Embroidery on the Back
This pattern was very easy to fit, too.  I think because its the dolman sleeve.  I didn’t use shoulder pads either.  I wanted a sort of soft look to this jacket.  The sleeves are three quarter which are nice.  I like the 3/4 sleeve even though I’ve been admonished by a few ‘fashionista’s’ that 3/4 sleeves are on the way out, but I never really listened to others anyway.
The pattern doesn’t have a lining pattern so I drafted a seperate pattern, which isn’t to hard.  All in all I really like this one, but I don’t think I’ll make it again because I want to try other patterns – and boy! Do I have a lot of patterns to try!

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