It’s been a while since I last posted about Zia’s jacket, mainly because I’ve had some backwards progress on it. I actually had the collar and sleeves done, but then I decided to redo both of them.
So far, I’ve taken apart the sleeves and bracers and slightly redid the sleeves. The sleeves were a bit too long at first and the shoulders were too wide, but now I’ve adjusted both.
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.)
Seriously.
I haven’t had luck finding fabric in the right color, so I had to turn to custom dyeing my own. The first was trying to get the color right for the blue/teal-ish color of Zia’s jacket.
I’m trying to decide between #1 and #5. (Or perhaps I should find something between the 2?)
Numbers 1-3 use only Teal. #1 and #2 are the same dye bath. #2 was just in there for a shorter time. #3 had twice as much Teal in it.
Numbers 4-6 use a combination of Teal and Royal Blue. #4 had equal parts Teal and Royal Blue. #5 and #6 use more Teal than Royal Blue and are from the same dye bath. #6 was in for a shorter time.