Here is my latest YouTube video about taking those pieces I made this summer and transitioning them into the fall season.
You can watch it here or on YouTube. You can always subscribe to my channel so you don’t miss any new videos.
Enjoy!
Here is my latest YouTube video about taking those pieces I made this summer and transitioning them into the fall season.
You can watch it here or on YouTube. You can always subscribe to my channel so you don’t miss any new videos.
Enjoy!
This is one of my latest completed projects. This is a Sandra Betzina Today’s Fit jacket pattern. I really LOVE this jacket! This material is a wool/poly blend (50%/50%), so it is dry clean only. Because I always like to prepare my fabric first and this isn’t washable, I used the damp towel with the fabric in the dryer method. I’ve done this before with wool and it worked out well. As soon as I saw this pattern, I knew I had the perfect fabric to use for it.
As you can see in the picture, I did add the optional pockets. Since the jacket is unlined, I serged the edges and seams to give everything a nice finish.
While I really didn’t make any major changes to the pattern, there were a few changes. I cut off about 3″ from the front length and tapered that to the side seams (this is actually explained in the instructions). I knew that I was going to do this because some of the finished jackets I saw online seemed a bit long.
For the back of the jacket, I didn’t add the cording (didn’t have any), but in the end it didn’t seem to matter since it looks like it’s there. I love the V of the back panel too.
And for the fringe trim, I actually used the selvage edge of the fabric since it was basically fringed already. I cut it the width needed, and attached it as stated in the instructions.
This is a very nice, easy pattern to make. I might do this again sometime in a solid.