Pocket full of Pansies

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Cream linen jacket with pale yellow and pink curved piecing.

An irregular hemline was created to highlight the shape of the pansy appliques.

The silk dupioni appliques were stitched with a shading stitch, then free-motion embroidery was added for texture.  The curved piecing was carefully matched at the waistline seam.

The pansy "applique" on the front of the jacket is actually a lined patch pocket.

Decorative stitching in varigated rayon thread highlight the curved shapes.

Cream linen jacket with pale yellow and pink curved piecing.

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This cream, yellow, and pink linen jacket was made from Simplicity pattern #5104.  I made quite a bit of alterations to the jacket pattern to accommodate the embellishment that I envisioned.  In order to keep my purchased pattern in tact for future use, I copied the pattern pieces by tracing them and used the traced copy to plan for the piecing seam lines and applique layout.  I knew I wanted an irregular hemline to accentuate the shape of the pansy appliques.  This hemline was planned for on my traced pattern pieces.  Random curved lines were then added as locations for seam lines for my curved piecing.  The pattern pieces were then copied on a photocopier and seam allowances were added to my then very irregularly shaped pattern pieces.  I numbered the pattern pieces on my original and on the photocopied peices in order to keep track of where each piece would go as I constructed the jacket.

I used computer clip art as the basis for the pansy and butterfly appliques.  I simply printed the pictures from the computer and blew the images up on the photocopier.  These gave me the basic shapes of each item.  I then traced the shapes to Heat and Bond Light and fused this to silk dupioni fabric.  The shapes were then cut out and the appliques fused to the jacket.  I then used a shading stitch on my machine to applique the shapes to the jacket.  Then with various rayon threads, I used free motion embroidery to give the flowers "veins" and dimension.  The large pansy "applique" on the front of the jacket is actually a lined patch pocket.

I added facings and a lining to the jacket, as the original jacket pattern was un-lined.

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Comments (3)

loreesquiltingcorner writes: I've had the privilege of seeing this garment in person...it's fabulous. And very beautifully done...
Posted: 10:50 pm on September 6th

clafaver writes: I just simply love this. Your appliques are beautiful and beautifully done.
Posted: 8:59 am on September 7th

trishapat writes: Beautiful job. The piecing of the main pattern pieces was so carefully done, it's impressive. I love the subtlety of the backround colors along with the boldness of the embellishments. You did an amazing amount of work on this and did it very well.
Posted: 10:33 am on August 17th

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