Lately I seldom get in the mood to sew, but last week the urge hit me (why I wasn't on-line so much last week). Several years ago I bought this piece of hand-embroidered crewel at Hobby Lobby when it was on clearance (couldn't afford it regular price!), with the intention of making a jacket to wear with jeans. Well, 2 years+ later, I finally got around to it. Wanted to wear it when we go up to Dallas Monday afternoon. Gonna be in the 30's up there.
The base material is soft, heavy weight homespun cotton that is quite soft to the touch. The wool yarn is scratchy, so I had to drop a lining in the thing. My pattern didn't include lining instructions, so it took me awhile to drop the lining in there & decide how to pull it all together. This is the final result. Lance thought I was crazy to use drapery material for a jacket, but as it's not the first time for me doing this, he accepted the notion reluctantly. Now that it's done, he admits he likes how it came out! Got to go find some shoulder pads to sew in for it before it''ll be completely finished.
I debated on the huge buttons, but as they're so popular right now on outerwear, I decided to give them a try. I think they're OK on it. |