How's this for crazy timing? Exactly one year ago today, I made the mockup of the pattern I'm using for my #YearOfTheJacket and took these photos.
Overall, it isn't a bad fit, but it needed a lot of pattern adjustments, so it got put aside. (Later, I'll share the fitting photos from when I made some adjustments on the mockup.)
The main issues are:
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the sleeves are too short (but that's a 1966 design thing for gloves and bracelets)
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the sleeve caps are too far away from my shoulders because there is too much width in the upper body of the pattern
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the elbow ease is way too high as seen in last photo where I marked my actual elbow point with a penciled circle (it should hit right in the middle of the pins)
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and it just needs a little shaping in general
I plan to alter the paper pattern and make a second mockup in the next week or two. That way I can be sure there aren't any other big changes needed since the seamlines aren't standard and won't be easy to alter after the fashion fabric is cut.
#Vogue6552
I spent the day priming things for paint and then I remembered to shoot a quick video. #SewingStudioBuild
I started cutting all the edges while Janet was away yesterday morning. When she got back after lunch, she pulled out a roller and started filling in. I'll put a pic below in the comments. #SewingStudioBuild
We broke for lunch and then came back with a portal ac unit plugged in to an extention cord from the house. Can't wait until they finished hooking up all the electrical and we have the mini split cooling the room for us - it was stupid humid today! #SewingStudioBuild
More on the Michael's purchase of JoAnn. "Ever-expanding" plus it went on to say they will be carrying sewing machines, notions, and thread in stores. And there was a 50% off one item coupon - let me know if any of you need that.
I'm kind of surprised I have to sign up for emails (not sure if I want to yet) considering how many companies sell email lists.
I finally finished the patchwork jeans! @SewBrooke , the elastic in the waistband suggestion worked brilliantly. I ended up taking it as close to the button/buttonholes as I could, because the waistband I originally picked had the buttons on the wrong side and I had to piece it together/the second waistband was also collapsed in from wear. I really don’t know why, I checked against all of my jeans and I did put the fly on the correct side! Anyway, it’s done, and I’ll be happy to come up with a project that takes much less time. After I clean up the leftover bits— it looks like I used 7 pairs of jeans/shorts, so I have a lot of tops and leftover leg/waistband scraps!
