Coordinating Jacket - Part 2
A Muslin
A muslin is always a good idea if you're unsure of the fit of a garment. I knew that the jacket would be too long in the neck to waist length, so I went ahead and folded the pattern pieces and cut the muslin shorter. If there would be any other problems, it would be with the shoulder length and the sleeve width.
After making it up and trying it on, I was right about the sleeve circumference, I needed to take out about 1 1/4" to make the sleeve a bit narrower for me. I also had to make the curve at the top of shoulder smaller, too. No surprise there, I've always had to alter any garment with a seam up the center of the sleeve such as this jacket. The shoulder seam length was good, which was nice! You can see that sleeve seam below and yes, it looked as weird on me as it did on the dress form. In the second photo, you can see that I've tried it on again with the shoulder pads in place and then pinned out the excess fabric.
Since this muslin fit well and all the adjustments involved taking out fabric rather than adding it, I was able to carefully take it apart and use it to underline the jacket. The fabric that I'm using is a silk and cotton boucle (not actually a stripe, but a subby woven with many colors and was one of those rare treasures I found at Jo-ann's on clearance), and is a bit more drapey than I'd like for the jacket. It was too drapey for the dress that I made from it, too. I underlined the dress in cotton muslin, and for the jacket, I figured since I already had a version in muslin, not to waste it and cut out another one.
Now to get everything cut out and all the interfacing fused in place, before moving on to the assembly!
Parting Shot: New Ribbon. Spring's First Blush won a 1st place for ensembles in the garment division at MQX held in April this year. I was a bit surprised as there were some really nice pieces there and I didn't think it would place. I just got the garment back at the end of last week and got the ribbon hung with the others from the other art garments.
10 comments:
Congratulations on your new ribbon! It is always nice to receive affirmation of one's hard work. Well deserved!
Blessings,
Patti
Congratulations for the well deserved blue ribbon! I'm anxious to see your new jacket as well. I like that style too!
Congratulations! You can never have too many of those :)
Well done for your award. Do you have a system for how many awards each garment gets?
Sandy in the UK
Congrats on the ribbon. Love the look of the jacket line drawing. Look forward to see the finished jacket.
Congratulations on your win!
Congratulations on winning first place! Personally I think all of your garments should win for their creativity and the amount of work you put in them!
Congratulations on a well deserved win!
Congratulations! Your work is so very creative and beautiful, glad to see the judges agreed.
Congratulations!
I did't alter the sleeves on my jacket but I agree that they are wide,... I have strog arms so it doesn't bother me, but if I make it again I will take off 1-2cm from the sleeves width...
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