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This jacket is inspired by a photo I once saw on a bathroom stall, torn from a fashion magazine, featuring a woman wearing a lovely green suit, featuring a pepulm-like flounce as a part of the jacket. I’m a huge fan of the peplum in general – who wouldn’t like a garment that accentuates your waist while hiding your hips?!
Created with the Vogue V1132 pattern, but altered to fit me (1" extension in the length at the waist); made in a lovely plaid. The plaid is very subtle and I recommend popping over to my blog to get a better look at it, as you can zoom in slightly to see the colors a bit more clearly. It is a basic gray-brown wool with threads of red, mustard, emerald and blue running through it. Different colors pop with different lights – I did not notice the blue until I was almost done with the garment! I spent quite a bit of time trying to match the plaids, which made the pattern more of an intermediate than an easy pattern. In the end, turns out that all my plaid matching should have happened at the shoulders in the back, not at the waist, but oh well, I guess you learn from each project! It was also tricky to cut out the fabric (I did cut it out single layer fashion) because I got the end of the bolt and one selvedge edge was horribly skewed because of the way it was pulled onto the bolt. I lost a good bit of fabric to that problem. I also added shoulder pads and did not bag the lining, both of which were pattern deviations.
This jacket will work great in my wardrobe from fall all the way to spring here in the PNW!
Material Notes
wool plaid
polyester lining
shoulder pads
button
interfacing
Difficulty
Intermediate
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Apr 22, 2013, 02.20 PMby Andres Pinedo
Love the pic. Was this taken in Ellensburg?
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Apr 22, 2013, 07.13 PMby misslivia
yep yep! I was home for the holidays so my sister and I popped outside our home to grab a few pictures!
Apr 23, 2013, 06.09 AMby Andres Pinedo
Well that’s cool. Are you going to school? Doesn’t central have a fashion program?
Apr 23, 2013, 06.18 PMby misslivia
I actually don’t think Central has a design program, they might have a merchandizing program, but my undergrad, SPU, has a great program and I minored in design there. I’m actually just a designer on the side – I am currently in grad school, researching solar cells! Design is just a hobby of mine :)
Jan 3, 2013, 07.22 PMby mokosha
amazing jacket.. and i love the way you styled it.. and the pictures too
Jan 1, 2013, 10.54 PMby cheryl101red
Love everything about this wonderful jacket!! Brava!
Dec 28, 2012, 05.19 PMby smallone
I am green with envy ;) I looove a peplum…you have done such a wonderful job here. I wish I had the time/patience/sewing skills to produce something this professional.
My favorite Burda Style project to date.
Dec 28, 2012, 09.33 AMby francini
One of the most attractive projects I’ve seen in awhile – awesome awesome work =) enjoy the cold! its super hot over here in South Africa :)
Dec 27, 2012, 11.07 PMby mojo elgin
Awesome jacket! I love it :)
Dec 27, 2012, 04.38 PMby Mary Athey
Fab jacket and fab photos. The jackets wonderful on you x
Dec 26, 2012, 11.17 PMby Anne Wagenhauser
Absolutely gorgeous! Perfect shape, perfect fabric.
Dec 26, 2012, 09.23 PMby kelerabeus
Such a cute outfit! And photos are dreamy.
Dec 26, 2012, 08.26 PMby Lollyrosedragon
You did an awesome job. I love it. Would never guess you had any difficulty in making it from the way it looks. Smashing!