A New Jacket With An Old Pattern

As you may know, I have been going through my pattern stash in order to use some of the many sewing patterns I have. Recently, I went back to McCall’s 7026 in order to make a new jacket with an old pattern. This is one that I’ve used before and has been a favorite.

I made View A for my new jacket. The fabric used is a stretch polar fleece that is very warm. This material is perfect for cold weather (it was 18 degrees outside when I took these pictures).

I was able to use a gold separating zipper that I had in my supply stash for this make. I bought the fabric from the Angela Wolf fabric stash sale. You have to be a member of her Fashion Sewing Club, which is a paid group. There is so much design information she shares and so much inspiration from other members that I definitely think it’s worth it. If you’re interested in this, you can check it out here: FSC.

Although the pattern isn’t available in print, it can be purchased in PDF form. I actually bought this in PDF so that I could have the larger size I needed. I only put together those pages that I needed to make this jacket.

Because of the style lines, it’s really princess-seamed athletic wear. That’s one of the reasons for the flattering silhouette.

Alterations

I did make a FBA (full bust adjustment) to this pattern . That gave me the room I wanted. I’m definitely happy with this new jacket from an old pattern!

What older patterns have you used lately?

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Workout Wear With Simplicity 8561

I have been trying to get around to making another pair of workout leggings for myself for the longest time and I finally got around to it. This time, I used Simplicity 8561 which is four variations on leggings only.

The print material is one of those fabrics made exclusively for JoAnn’s stores. It’s a four-way stretch athletic knit polyester. The solid black is a polyester knit I found in my fabric stash. This pattern does have a variation with pockets as well, but this is View B (capri length with contrast panels).

In order to get a good fit, I did make a few alterations to the pattern:

made a 1″ wedge adjustment in the back (extended the center back seam)
lengthened the center front crotch seam by 1/4″
raised the front at the top (waist) by 1″ , and
raised the crotch seam by 1/2″

I serged almost all the seams for this, but you could certainly make these using a zigzag stitch if you didn’t have a serger. the top I’m wear is made from an athletic mesh fabric I bought on fabric.com. It’s the Alannah T I made a while back (modified Style Arc pattern).

When I posted a picture of the pattern that I would be using for this, I got some responses that people love this pattern. I can understand why. It only took a couple of hours to put together and you get a great fit! Well worth giving this one a try. The next time, I will make the version with pockets. I do miss not having them but I really like the look and fit of these.

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BurdaStyle Twisty Top

One of my new year’s goals is to really make use of the BurdaStyle magazine patterns. I’ve been a subscriber for years and have made a few things but not enough. I decided that if I’m going to continue to receive that magazine, I had better use it. I really enjoy reading the magazine and I always pick out a few things that I like in almost every issue. But, I haven’t taken the time to actually MAKE them. So, this year, my goal is to make at least one item from an issue for that month from any year. In other words, as February approaches, I’ve chosen something I want to make from a February issue from 2012. That gives me more options and it’s more fun and less limiting. That being said, I have at least accomplished this for January.

BurdaStyle 01/2018 #102

This is 01-2018 #102. It’s shown in the magazine as athleisure wear which it certainly can be. I made mine using athletic/performance fabric I bought at Joann’s. I made no alterations to the pattern. But, this top is designed well enough that made from a different fabric (they suggest silk jersey), you could wear this for a night out on the town. I love versatile patterns!

You could even make this with short sleeves for warmer weather.

The biggest surprise for me was that this was very easy to make. Anyone who’s ever tried one of their patterns knows that the directions can sometimes be a bit confusing. This was straight-forward.

So it’ll be on to the next project for me and hoping to get a February make done!

BurdaStyle 01/2018 #102