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I found this fabric at a home decoration store in a big piles of left over curtain fabrics. They sell fabrics for 2,99 euros a piece and often they are about 3 or 4 meters long! They have great heavyweight fabrics and sheer fabrics normaly used for curtains but they make great fabrics for jackets, pants and shiftdresses.
The jacket has a sort of plackets along the neckline. I’m looking for the perfect buttons to sew onto them, but for now it will do without.
I drafted the pattern myself. It’s not perfect, I think it’s a bit to “boxy” so the next time I will make it a bit more fitted, longer and with longer sleeves.
I call it my “Nona” jacket because it has the same colours as my ferret Nona.
Material Notes
Heavyweight something with a little sparkling fiber into it.
Difficulty
Intermediate
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Sep 27, 2012, 05.59 AMby soozy
Thanks to everyone for your lovely comments. Sure works motivating!
Sep 26, 2012, 08.09 PMby unahowe
Beautiful detail. I would not, of known it was drapery fabric.
Sep 26, 2012, 04.46 PMby assets
I love this Jacket well done.
Sep 26, 2012, 01.20 PMby kisses
very nice and the fabric is fab
Sep 26, 2012, 12.39 PMby Romy Theriault
This is beautiful! Not boxy for me anyway but nicely done!
Sep 26, 2012, 12.26 PMby Mary Athey
oh this is fab on you x
Sep 26, 2012, 11.14 AMby tessi
Very nice! I think your drafting is just fine; the jacket doesn’t look boxy to me at all. Once you find the perfect buttons, I think you will find that it skims your curves beautifully. You’ve done a lovely job on the contrast piping. Be proud!