I had a little time at lunch today, so I got some work done on the Chanel Jacket. The second time is so much faster! Actually, this is technically the third of this style jacket that I’ve made, but for the first one I had not a clue what I was doing. I just joined an informal sewalong on one of the old forums and wung that mother. Now that I have a little more knowledge and experience under my belt, I cringe a little at how naive I was (not to mention the self-brush-fringe trim I made). Ah well, live and learn, right?
Anyway, I sewed the back pieces together:
Lining Side showing the quilting.
And the view from the right side
Pardon the crappy cell phone pictures. I’ll bring the good camera when it’s closer to being finished. I pinned the lining seam allowances down to “train” them. I’ll undo them before I sew the shoulder seams, since I still need to catchstitch the outer shell SAs. I figure if I don’t have time to do that during the week, it’ll give my hands something to do while watching the playoffs (Go Pats!!!!) this Saturday.
So that’s where it stands. I think I’ll be able to sneak some time this week to get the front pieces sewn together and join them all at the sides. More as it happens…
Happy sewing!
Looking good Ann. It might be your third one but they are so different.
I just love the fabric you are using for this!
man this makes me really want to start packing handsewing with me for lunch. you had “some” time at lunch and got the back pieces together? that’s what i call great progress. love that lining!
I ran it up on the machine, Devra. I’m not that fast.
I love it Ann. Its going to be a jacket that you will get so much use out of that you will wonder how you managed without it in your wardrobe.
Ann – this is very cool…love your artistic quilting design.