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…
After dragging my feet in the sewing room for what seems to have been an eternity, I decided to delve into Gertie’s online Starlet Suit Jacket course via Craftsy. At first I thought to my little old self that I had lost a bit of my sanity. I mean, its long work to tailor a…
Here it is, in all it’s glory! I feel very studious wearing it too, if I do say so myself. Quite smart, like I could give you a dissertation on why the sky is blue or something. The jacket itself is practically perfect. I could get technical about what’s not perfect, but that would take…
Here it is folks, my finished spring jacket. As you know, or at least I think I informed you, that I was using Simplicity 3538 for this. This was made using a white/silver metallic linen. I love linen! Nothing says spring and summer like the flow of linen. I know it gets all crumpled up…
