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