impossible jacket

jacket - burda 09/2014, #134

the jacket that almost didn't happen

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first i cut the pieces in fashion fabric

(navy colored tweed, with splotches of gray)

only to realize that the fabric is too thin for the type of jacket i had in mind

even with quilted lining i bought

so i had to go back to fabric store

and find another wool fabric

(brown boiled wool, not pictured)

to use it as underlining

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when i finally started working on jacket

i made the craziest mistake ever

by sewing my first welt pocket

to the back jacket piece!?

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so i abandoned the whole project

until i figure out what to do

as i used up almost all the fabric

and could not cut new back piece

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in the end i realized i have enough fabric

to cut lower half of the back piece

and piece it with upper half of original one

so, the jacket now has a horizontal seam at the back

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from that moment on

jacket was quite easy to assemble

(but it took me 4 months to get to that moment

and one afternoon to do the rest of the work)

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those funny gray concentric circles

are my poor attempt in embroidery

and are supposed to represent tree growth rings..

nikola is a forester

so i thought he might like them because of that

plus, jacket ended up being present for his birthday

that happens to be our 10th anniversary too

so to  honor that, i made 10 circles in attempt of applied dendrochronology..

so yeah, im cheesy like that

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mokosha

three

here are the other tops i've made

using burda's pattern (2/2015, #128 and #127)

(modeled by my lovely friend sandra)

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this pattern requires small amount of fabric

especially if you make short sleeve version

which makes it a perfect scrap busting project:

all three tops were made from scrap fabrics

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first one is made in cotton satin

and looks a bit more boxy

than red/black/white one

that is made in georgette

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i've also made pants (burda 11/2011, #105)

but they ended up being a bit small for me

(they fit at the waist and hips

but i apparently have gigantic calf muscles)

so, i'll have to make another pair 

for the third, cropped top version 

i used cotton shirting..

pairs beautifully with tea's scalloped skirt, right?

mokosha

id green

top - burda (2/2015, #128)

shorts - burda (10/2010, #111)

would you believe that the top i'm wearing here
is actually this one:

while i did skip all the seams at back
front and sleeve seams are all there (somewhere)
but the print totally hides them
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i adore the top and fabric
but it kind of looked like missed opportunity
so i made few more tops using the same pattern
but played a bit with fabrics
in order to show all those seams
(gonna post about those other tops, eventually)
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mokosha