Pretty excited to have progressed to the third round of the PR sewing bee! I am feeling exhausted after the last round so what does this round bring? A lined jacket in 10 days.... my last lined jacket was a year in the making... ok, may need to apply myself more this time.
I have only made 3 lined jackets before (blogged here, here and here), The two more fitted, tailored jackets I use still and the chanel style jacket I have gifted to a friend it suited better (the style and the colour were never great for me). So what do I make this time?
I really wanted to make a denim jacket as I love top stitching and I thought it might give it the difficulty/extra factor that a contest entry needs. However I don't have a big enough piece of denim fabric. I really need to use what I have as I don't want to rely on the local shops as I only have Spotties and Lincraft. *sigh*
I really wanted to make a denim jacket as I love top stitching and I thought it might give it the difficulty/extra factor that a contest entry needs. However I don't have a big enough piece of denim fabric. I really need to use what I have as I don't want to rely on the local shops as I only have Spotties and Lincraft. *sigh*
Back to the drawing board. After trawling through burdastyle I have come up with this pattern.
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| Burdastyle 11-2012-117 |
Casual enough to fill a hole in my wardrobe, enough difficulty to give me a good entry and I love the retro trench styling. Plus I have a piece of wool flannel in the stash and it has been one of those pedestal fabrics that I have not been game to set a project to. I think it will be perfect for this.
And in other news I attended the local ASG "sewing Skills" day on Saturday and really enjoyed the presentations. I may have bought a few things too *cough*
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| black/cream jersey / liberty to die for / knits for real people plus steam a seam, pincushion for sewing machine needles and foe... plus a bottle of wine as a raffle prize (not pictured... not sure what happened to it?) |
Ciao kittens, expect quiet for a while as I am making a lined jacket folks... in 10 days!!! seriously...