Showing posts with label jacket. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jacket. Show all posts

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Kwik Sew 3369








Here is my latest creation!
This was part of the Plus-sized sew along from PR that I participated in. I purchased this fabric at Hancock's awhile back to make this jacket. It was on the clearance table of the home dec dept. I think I paid about $5 yard.

I had originally thought I would line it with the green stripe but then
decided it would be too difficult to put on over a top with a sleeve since it is a cotton fabric, so I took the easy route and just made it unlined. I did use it as the under collar and the lining of the pocket flaps.


I found these really nice buttons at Wal-Mart, imagine that!










I wear a lot of the lime green tops, so I thought it would come in handy. It really fits nicely after I made some adjustments: 1)shortened the shoulder width of the yoke (front and back) by a good 1 1/2" 2) I didn't want the pocket flaps to go across the fullest part of my bust so I took about an inch in on the length of the yoke front 3)I took in 1 1/2" on the sleeve width at the top to about the elbow, the sleeve was just too full. 4) I orginally cut the 1X and increased the size to a 2X at the waist because of the pattern measurements, but after the 2nd muslin decided I didn't need the extra at the waist and ended up cutting the 1X all over and making the adjustments to the shoulder area. I made 3 muslins for this project before cutting the fashion fabric. The pattern is well drafted so it went together quite easy.