oversized

started working on this blazer 

all the way back in 2014, when the pattern was out

(it's pattern no.126, from april issue of burda 2014)..

and then did my standard thingie of messing up welt pockets

and abandoning the whole thing for a year

..

then this april i tried to get back to it

even got the pockets fixed by my friend boris

finished the lapels, sewed the lining

and abandoned it one more time

..

but it bugged me

i'm not a fan of unfinished things..

so, some time ago, i finished it finally

and, then made 5 more in a week

because i'm strange like that

..

i simplified it a bit

there should be back went, but i skipped it

blazer is wide enough without it..

i also skipped metal buckle closure,

and have made the blazer one size smaller than i usually would

..

only blazer #1 has welt pockets

made as per pattern instructions..

damn pockets are to be blamed that it took me 

two years and a half to finish the blazer,

and when i finally did finish it

they proved to be completely useless 

so i added simple patch pockets to other blazers instead

..

i know it sounds kind of nuts to sew 6 almost identical blazers

but i wanted to master lapel inserting 

and really enjoyed the process :D

also, i plan to keep only blazer #1 (it's already getting crazy amount of wear)

and sell the rest of them

  

i see many more blazers in future

maybe not from this pattern, but more complicated ones

as there's so many skills i'd like to master

(starting from welt pockets, that i menage to mess

way too often)

..

mokosha

hummingbird bomber jacket

bomber jacket - burda magazine 10/2016/#122 modified

dress - burda magazine 09/2012/#107

couple months ago

i found this amazing fabric in remnant bin of my favorite fabric shop

and, as i've never seen anything like it, i had to have it

(bonus is that it was pretty cheap, as it had a misprinted part)

fabric is double faced, it's basically a thick gray sweatshirting fabric

that has teal fabric with hummingbird print fused to it's back

..

the idea was to find a bomber jacket pattern

and then use both sides of fabric to make that jacket

to 'play' with it a bit..

dunno why i landed on this particular pattern

probably out of laziness, as it's only 3 simple pieces to trace and cut..

but i kind of wish i chose a different one

 i mean, there is at least 10 of them that burda released in recent years

with all kinds of silhouettes

and i went for the boxiest one..

anyways, i made size 36, which is a size smaller than what i usually sew

and it was still so grotesquely wide once sewn

 i ended up taking it in quite a lot, at side seams and sleeves too..

and i mean a lot, my jacket is probably 20cm narrower than burda's..

it was an easy fix, but a lot of fabric got wasted in that process

if i'd chosen a different pattern

i'd had a bit of the fabric left for future projects

this way, i have only misprinted parts left..

..

that aside, i love the jacket i got in the end

i did not line it

but have used seam allowances as a 'design feature'

and topstitched them all down 

it took some time, but i think it looks nice

both inside and out 

(actually, if i'd menage to find a double sided zipper

it could have been a double sided jacket)

..

mokosha