Finished! My obsession jacket – a rub-off of my mom’s vintage 70′s jacket, with fitting alterations – is done. I can’t actually believe that I typed those words. Hip Hip Hooray! Alright, so in my last small post about this jacket, I alluded to the fact that this project was on a deadline. I was…
the original jacket, my mother’s I’ve been working on a rub-off of my mom’s old 70s boyfriend jacket. Its a jacket that I wore to death in my high school and early college years and its one of those styles that for me, is a classic. It fills a huge gap in my wardrobe as…
If you’ve read me for any length of time, you’ll know that I don’t make wearable muslins. In fact, I daresay I have never made one. This time round though, I did. The interesting part about this classic button-up shirt is that the muslining part was more for the construction than for the fit. I…
Here is my second pair of Burda 7447. Here’s a quick and dirty fact list for you: Pattern: Burda 7447 Fabric: Red Wool Gabardine, from Yellow Bird Fabrics Lining: Deep Purple Rayon Bemberg Lining (Yellow Bird Fabrics) Facings & Pockets: Plaid Cotton Voile (Yellow Bird Fabrics) Pattern Changes: Cropped the length and this time added…
Here is my first project of 2013. Pants. Told ya! To boot, I made these pants to go specifically with this top. Kind of a random choice because its not like this top is a NWG or anything. But I love this color combo (marroon and coral) and ever since purchasing this wool from Wool…
