It's time to Quilt

It's been so cold outside, I decided it was best to stay in a sew!
This week I've been putting the front and back sections of the jacket together and cutting out the wadding and lining and basted them ready to stitch.

Jacket back under the sewing machine

 I have used the same yellow thread I used for the patchwork, to quilt the yellow and gold sections and I've found a brown thread for the darker brown areas.  I decided to use the machine and not quilt by hand.  After all it is the Quilters Edition of the Bernina sewing machine I have; I should really use it for one of the purposes it is designed for!  It will be much quicker too. And stop me getting sore fingers. 

Now that the front panels are completed and all the parts joined together, I am really very pleased that I decided to make the pockets to match in with the pattern.  This jacket is so far from the original one I did all those years ago, I hope I like it when its all done now. 

I have used normal polyester dress and jacket lining, the mustard colour was a good match.  I have kept the bobbin thread in the yellow colour for all of the inside stitching.  Here I am sewing in the loose ends, taking them from the front through to the back, tying them off and then hiding them between the layers.

I did say this would be finished before the end of the month, I think I might need an extension to my deadline.