After the big party
This is me, after the big annual party for work. I’m learning to fit patterns to myself, and it’s very challenging. This jacket may be my biggest success yet! I got SO many compliments from my colleagues about how elegant I looked that night.
It’s Vogue 1136, an unlined tucked jacket with a dress. I’m far from the ideal figure for it. Additionally, I chose a reversible brocade of semi-shiny teal on navy – a little stiffer than recommended but I think it still worked! It frayed like crazy while being sewn, and I may never clean the sewing area of teal wisps, but it was a great project and very rewarding. I also did 6 bound buttonholes, my second try a bound buttonholes (I got scared away after the first try because they are so fussy).
Now that the fitting is worked out, I think I’ll need to re-do at least the jacket in a more casual fabric so I can wear in more often – it felt great on!
If I ever sew another silver and light blue brocade anything, I will first attach a very light weight fusible pellon to it before I will even cut it. I almost did not have enough material left of the sleeveless top to hem it - it frayed that much. With a little ingenuity I made it work and it looked gorgeous. With a pollon lining, it probably would have wrinkled less. The more I sew, the more I find out how little I know about sewing.