it took 2 weeks to sew at a frustratingly slow pace but I can now happily say that it's finished. This was a sewing project with a few glitches along the way:
not enough fabric. I had 1.6 metres of 150cm fabric and thought that this would be enough. It would have been if I didn't want to have a collar. So I had to improvise. This was partly successful although I had to sew a centre seam in the under collar piece. (I'd bought the fabric at a sale and this was the end of the bolt.) Next time, I'll read the pattern more carefully! my facings had to be cut out of the fabric I'd planned to make my gaucho pants. This has resulted in a slightly stiffer jacket than what I wanted.I couldn't find the jacket interfacing that I wanted at Spotlight so I made do with an inferior iron-on interfacing that I had on hand. I'm making a special trip into Centrepoint this weekend to stock up so that I don't get caught short again.I abandoned the idea of the hong kong seams (after I'd spent a bit of time making the bias binding) and decided to line it instead using a remnant of floral silk voile dug out of my fabric stash ahem, I mean collection. The lining fabric had grain issues.my iron died.I'm not done with this pattern yet. It's back in the sewing queue again to be made up in black for my next mini wardrobe adventure.
3 comments:
wow - that looks great -despite misadventures - that collar is so cute and the floral lining just makes it.
Smart Dress Fabrics in Mt Albert has got some fusible interfacing on sale for $5 a metre, the guy gave me a sample, haven't tried it yet, but he reckons it's better than solidot. He's also got my favourite fusible for $10 which is quite a bit cheaper than Centrepoint.
Just tellin' ya in case you're a tight wad like me.
Hey there, thanks for the heads up, I'm going to stop over there tomorrow, cheers!
it looks fantastic.
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