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1941 "Misses' Mannish Jacket" (#3 of 3)

comments (1) February 20th, 2009 in sewing, design, garment construction, fitting, reader's closet

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For this jacket I made patch pockets using the original pattern pieces.  The upper pocket pattern piece was not quite symmetrical, which I found curiously appealing.  Fusible hair canvas in fronts.  Bound buttonholes. This wool is actually shades of mossy greens, bought for a song at the Textile Center of Minnesotas annual Fabric Garage Sale.  It was fun to use fabric from someone elses stash to make up this vintage-pattern garment.
The vent actually does hang straight, on me.  This dress form is a bit too big.  Alas, no vented sleeves on this one: I zealously mitered both sides and thus there was no overlap!  So I slipstitched the sleeves closed.   
Vintage pattern, McCall 4065, from 1941
For this jacket I made patch pockets using the original pattern pieces.  The upper pocket pattern piece was not quite symmetrical, which I found curiously appealing.  Fusible hair canvas in fronts.  Bound buttonholes. This wool is actually shades of mossy greens, bought for a song at the Textile Center of Minnesotas annual Fabric Garage Sale.  It was fun to use fabric from someone elses stash to make up this vintage-pattern garment.

For this jacket I made patch pockets using the original pattern pieces.  The upper pocket pattern piece was not quite symmetrical, which I found curiously appealing.  Fusible hair canvas in fronts.  Bound buttonholes. This wool is actually shades of mossy greens, bought for a song at the Textile Center of Minnesota's annual Fabric Garage Sale.  It was fun to use fabric from someone else's stash to make up this vintage-pattern garment.

Photo: photo: Cynthia De Grand
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One of a three-jacket project to build tailoring skills.


Pattern or design used: McCall 4065, from 1941
posted in: sewing, design, garment construction, fitting, reader's closet, jackets, vintage, pocket
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Scooter2 Scooter2 writes: I love 1940's style jackets. Yours is wonderful!
Posted: 12:58 pm on January 19th

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