This beautiful blue wool fabric is lovely to work with, but it has shrunk rather too much. I pre-shrunk it before cutting out, but when I bonded on the interfacing it shrunk again!!!!
It stitches nicely and I have started to sew the back sections and darts, and then tacked the rest together. I needed to do this whilst my sister was staying with me this week, so I can check the fit again and then get on with the sewing. I think she likes it even if it's only partly done.
It is a commercial pattern Simplicity 2311 and we have adapted the style a little. It should have side pockets, but I am going to do welt pockets just on the hip line. I won't do the belt that the pattern suggests which comes from around the back and finishes in the front seams. Mainly because the belt is just above where the pockets need to go.
Apart from a small alteration on the front where I have put in the pins, there is nothing else that needs attention. We had a quick trip over to Leamington Spa to buy some nice lining fabric that matches up brilliantly. All being well I can just stitch it together now.
The back is a lovely fit and I don't think it will miss the belt. Now the next job is to take it apart, make the pockets and begin the real sewing.
Progress is slow with the patchwork jacket I've been making, no construction yet, still quilting the finished sections. This is because, I have been very busy with cleaning out the orangery and greenhouse ready for planting my seedlings. I have scrubbed, swept, disinfected and washed windows, doors and walls. Now the sowing can really begin.
I have set out my onions in cells just the same as I did for my garlic. I've planted all the tomato seeds, aubergine, chilli and peppers, they are all snugly sitting in trays over heated mats, scattered on window sills around the house. So, there is nothing to see yet, until the little shoots start to peep through.
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