Guess what? I finished Tashigi’s jacket! Check it out:
Between last entry and this one, I was just missing the sleeves and collar. To start, I sewed the white line on top of the sleeve pattern, similar to what I was already doing to the rest of the jacket. Then I just sewed the sleeves onto the jacket.
So a day after my last entry… the faux fur came in! I guess the tracking updated a bit slow on it. While I was excited to have it, it was kind of a pain to work with. It kept shedding, ughhh.
Anyway, the first thing I did was sew the faux fur to the bottom of each piece, and then I sewed the three pieces together by the sides. It might look like the faux fur is one long piece, but it isn’t. I cut it into pieces to fit the 3 jacket pieces.
The lining is very similar. The red is broadcloth, and the white is the same twill I used on the outer jacket parts. You can see how the white parts match up to the outer jacket part. The vertical line is the same size, and the bottom part is the same measurement as the faux fur. I sewed the three pieces together by the sides as well.
I’m making good progress on Tashigi’s jacket! I’ve finished the front and back pieces without the faux fur. I’m still waiting on that fabric order to come in and am a bit worried since the tracking hasn’t moved, but… we’ll see. Hopefully I get it soon!
I started by making the button “holes” – quotations because I didn’t actually cut button holes. Since I don’t plan on buttoning up this jacket, I decided not to bother with them. I tried a few different things out, and the only thing that seemed to work well was making a loop with 1/4 inch bias tape. I used a bit of fabric glue to get them in place before sewing them down.
