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Leather Jacket (with pony applique!)
Happy snowy morning to you!
I teased this post a couple days ago and its finally here! I used the quilted cotton jacket as a jump off point for my very first foray into leather jackets. I put a lot of hours into this one over the weekend and it was ready to go on a little test drive yesterday. I matched it with a girly dress, tights and boots and took a few pics (in the knickknack room) before I left:
Side View, as you can see there are differences between this jacket and the cotton jacket like leaving off the storm flap so the zipper is exposed:
And added the horse to the back:
I lightened this pic a bit so you could really see the horse:
I really like the idea of a hood on a leather jacket, it’s quite a bit of work but I think it looks good. The applique was a bit daunting at first but now I’ve got the hang of it and I would be stoked to try an even more complex one in the future. That’s it for today, have a good one!
Quilted Jacket Final Pics
Whoa Canada! Winter came back with a vengeance. Even in Van! Out my studio window this morning:
On Friday things were looking good to take the quilted cotton jacket out for a test drive but, it proved a bit chilly for any such endevour. I snapped a few pics still inside, just over a black tee:
I will definitely take a few more pics when I can actually style the jacket a bit more and go outside. It looks really cute over a grey pullover hoodie and also to toughen up a spring dress a bit!
This project has a surprise ending though, it was a bit of a warm up for…dun dun dun…still to come…
Quilted Cotton Jacket Day 3
Happy Friday!
The quilted jacket is almost done, so far, so good. The jacket was all ready for the sleeves:
Sleeves in from the back view:
I finished and topstitched the edge bands in the sleeve and the jacket:
And finally put in the zipper with the storm flap:
I have this thing about snaps: I can only put them in if it is the first thing I do in the morning. Never after I have been sewing for awhile and never ever at night. It’s a delicate thing! So I woke up extra early and put all the snaps in so they would be ready for this post! haha, they look good though so if you ever have trouble with snaps, try it my way!
Hood and flap snaps:
I am going to take some pics with the jacket on over the weekend to show the fit. I will post the shots right away, have a good day!
Quilted Cotton Jacket Social Day 2
Good morning, lot’s of updates on the quilted jacket!
The flap pockets went in like this:
Then topstitch on the pocket backing:
From the backside it looks finished like this:
Than I attached the flaps at the same time as the yoke:
The back yoke with hood attached so far looks like this:
Almost ready for sleeves! It looks pretty cute as a vest though:
I’ll be putting in the sleeves and the zipper tomorrow, have a good one!
Quilted Cotton Jacket Social Day 1
I finally have a bit of time to work on a project I have been excited about for awhile! I feel like I really need an everyday casual jacket in my wardrobe. Obviously I love jackets and make a lot of blazers and coats but I need something a bit more casual and fun. I have been slowly developing a casual jacket pattern (cut like a jean jacket) that I would like to make in various fabrics and mix up the design details as I go along.
I cut the pattern in scrap fabric and it was already looking pretty good:
So I started right in on making one up in a really nice cotton twill. I decided to quilt the yoke, add an upper sleeve quilting patch and quilt the strip on the hood.
Close up:
Sleeve Quilting:
Hood quilting:
hehe ninja turtle hood.
The quilting is a bit of a time consuming, relaxing thing but I think it will look awesome when it’s all done. I will be back tomorrow with the pockets and the body sewn up. Have a good day!
Draped Bridesmaid Series so far…
As promised, here are 3 of the draped bridesmaid fitting samples for a little side by side comparison. I am going to do one more to tie in with these three. The first dress is the completion of the strapless shell I posted yesterday with a little added skirt flare and a pleated strap addition.
There is definitely a dress 1 = fun, dress 2 = elegant, dress 3 = sophisticated, thing going on with these styles so I suppose my first step for the fourth dress is to come up with the last word! hehe Anyway, I will update the progress shortly. Have a good day-o!
Draped Bridesmaid Dresses Part 3
Merry Christmas Week! Lot’s to do this week but today I am working hard on the 3rd bridesmaid dress in the draped series. I wanted to do an amalgamation of the first 2 dresses to tie them together in a fun way. This is what I have so far:
I took a lot of the bodice pleating from the first dress and the skirt detail from the second dress to make a fun style. There are a couple of pleats I would like to do away with and I would like to add a detail to the top like a sweetheart neck or a one shoulder piece but I am going to fit this sample first. I will post some final pictures of the fit samples side by side tomorrow!
Draped Bridesmaid Dress 2
The second dress in the draped bridesmaid series is a little bit of a looser Grecian style, not so structured. I really liked this skirt idea when I started:
But when I took the pattern and recut it came out a little stiff for me:
I wanted a bit more movement through the skirt and the top to have more volume and look more drape-ish, less pleat-ish, on the body. So I added some volume and a few extra pleats and tacks for this effect:
Close up of the skirt detail, which will actually sit at the side of the body but is pulled a bit to the back in this sample:
I like this fit for this style a lot. The actual fabric is a beautiful silk with lot’s of drape so for this style the waist seam needs to fit just right but everything else can kind of flow and take shape with wearer.
Just a reminder that the Local-E pop up shop is only open until Sunday so get on it this week! I still have a few things over there, including this cutie:
Have a good day!
Draped Bridesmaid Dresses
Good Monday Morning!
I am doing a series of draped bridesmaid dresses and since I have not done a social follow along in awhile, I thought I would document the progress for these dresses. All the dresses are going to have slight variations but keep with the same uneven pleating theme. To start, the front bodice:
Then adding a little overlay on one side and a fairly large shoulder wrap piece:
Back Drape complete and in the process of the shoulder wrap piece:
The red marks are indicators needed for taking the fabric off the dressform and developing the pattern, like here:
Not too glamorous! Transfer to paper:
Still not very pretty to look at! But now I can have a try cutting it out of scrap fabric (the dresses won’t be shiny white!):
Not bad. The pleats are still unpressed and untacked at this point but it fairly obvious that the pleats need to be a bit deeper. Now to adjust the pattern and try again!
If you are going to the Culture Crawl this weekend…
I apologize, my studio is not open!
In anticipation of the most awesome pop up shop in Vancouver opening in gastown Dec 2nd-18th, I am busy getting ready!
I will post lot’s of details soon, like Monday soon, so have a fun crawl and you can check out some pretty pictures as you walk past my door:
