I have the base of Zia’s jacket done!
Still left to do (on the jacket): sleeves, buttons, belt, collar. I might move onto the collar next since I have that fabric ready. (I still need to do some dyeing for the pink part of the sleeves.)
Before I got to this stage, I mocked most of this up with cheap muslin. I was just missing the collar and the pink pattern on the sleeves. I figured I could easily figure those out later, so I went ahead and started on the real fabric after getting this far with the mock up.
As mentioned in my previous entry, dyeing the fabrics gave me some issues, but I eventually got them to a close enough color. The teal one came out too light the first time, so I just dyed it again. The brown one came out the wrong color the first time, so I actually used dye remover, and tried again.
The teal color was almost all Teal, but I put in a bit of Royal Blue (I don’t remember the ratio). The brown was 4 parts Sunshine Orange to 1 part Navy.
Oh, and I lined the jacket! The brown part in the front is lined with itself, but the rest is lined with a blue broadcloth. I was just looking for something both light and thin.
(^ My floor is so messy!) At this pace, I think I can finish before PAX East. Unfortunately, I don’t think I can also finish Zulf in time for Anime Matsuri, which is the week after. I’ll still aim for it, but I still have a lot left to do =/