This week I have some time to catch up on the blog so here is the first of what I hope will be a few posts on things I made these last few months. Although not in the order that I sewed them. It was a great summer with a few detours for some life issues that are resolved and also a fantastic trip to Italy in October. Now it's fall, my absolute least favorite time of year (*reasons I will detail at the bottom of this post :) but I did make this cotton jacket in the summer and now it's finally time to wear it.
Also I'm teaching a class next weekend at Hello Stitch Studio to make a Chore Coat or Jacket so I think this pattern qualifies.
The fabric is a brushed cotton that I got from a friend who was reducing her fabric stash. Just enough to make this jacket pattern which I have been eyeing for over a year.
It's from March 2023 Burda Magazine, # 104. They show it in the magazine in a suede, or faux suede and I really like the look. I have some ultra suede that someone gave me a while ago in both turquoise and a dark forrest green so I might make it again, probably the green.
A look at the jacket on the dress form. There are no upper pockets, just pocket flaps sewn into the yoke. I like the shaping of this jacket a lot, as it has princess seams front and back so that gives a bit of shaping and makes it less boxy than a lot of chore style jackets. But the big lower pockets are very functional and I thought about adding some inside pockets, slightly smaller and invisible on the outside. I am all about the extra pockets lately - I made a ponte blazer to take on my trip that had a lot of pockets and it was so useful as well as sharp looking, I will post that one here soon.
I'm not wild about the shape of the collar, somehow now that it is finished I think it would look better with rounded corners instead of pointed, so I will make that change if I sew it again. Also I didn't have a lot of matching thread so I saved what I had for the buttonholes and used a different color for the topstitching, I think it is grey?
Not likely to wear it all buttoned up but just showing for completeness. And another look at some autumn color which I have going on right now in my garden. But you can see in that photo above that I still have Meyer lemons ripening on the tree and in fact my orange tree will have a nice crop this year as well.
** OK, why don't I like this season? Gets dark early, everything in the garden is crunchy and at the end of the line, it starts to get chilly, I would rather wear shorts and summer dresses than anything else....I can go on. However - I do love making coats and jackets so there is that! In fact I just bought a recent digital issue of Patrones Sewing Magazine because I saw a coat pattern I just might make.
This upcoming weekend I will teaching the chore coat class so here's the link again if you are interested.
Happy Sewing,
Beth
Here's a lovely visitor I had this week in the garden, enjoying the sunshine and warmth on the river rocks.
