The March Issue of Burdastyle has a tweed jacket with a sewing course (instructions.) I've had good luck with these before, so I am considering it
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| Burdastyle 109, March 2011 |
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| Tweed Denim Blazer, McQ From the Liberty department store website |
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| Roberto Cavalli Leather trimmed tweed and silk chiffon jacket, picture from Net-a-Porter.com |
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| Isola Marras boucle tweed jacket from Flannels fashion |
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| Zac Posen Ocelot tweed jacket from Net a Porter |
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| Rebecca Taylor from zappos. |
I'm still not sure, so if anyone has any inspiring ideas, please do feel free to comment! All suggestions will be gratefully received.
I notice that the jackets I am attracted to are a little distressed, with unfinished edges and possibly zips, and untraditional trims such as leather or denim. Also, all these jackets are in drab colours. I'd prefer to make a bright springy coloured jacket. I am sick of winter. I wonder if this sort of thing would work with candy colours or if you just have to stick neutrals. Thoughts?
The bright coloured tweeds tend to be on the retro-with-a-twist jackets. I like them, they are definitely cute. But I worry about looking like mutton dressed as lamb. Sometimes the cuter the garment, the less cute I look myself in juxtaposition!
I need to figure out what I am doing quickly because Sherry at pattern ~ scissors ~ cloth is doing a jacket sew along starting in April and I don't want to miss out! If you've been following her sew her totally unnecessary cocktail dress, then you are probably keen to join too. She has made a button, but I don't know how to link it to anything, so click here if you want to join her tailoring sew a long post.
This might be my last post for a few days. I have two children's birthday parties to throw over the next ten days and I'd like to do a little sewing! :-)
I notice that the jackets I am attracted to are a little distressed, with unfinished edges and possibly zips, and untraditional trims such as leather or denim. Also, all these jackets are in drab colours. I'd prefer to make a bright springy coloured jacket. I am sick of winter. I wonder if this sort of thing would work with candy colours or if you just have to stick neutrals. Thoughts?
The bright coloured tweeds tend to be on the retro-with-a-twist jackets. I like them, they are definitely cute. But I worry about looking like mutton dressed as lamb. Sometimes the cuter the garment, the less cute I look myself in juxtaposition!
I need to figure out what I am doing quickly because Sherry at pattern ~ scissors ~ cloth is doing a jacket sew along starting in April and I don't want to miss out! If you've been following her sew her totally unnecessary cocktail dress, then you are probably keen to join too. She has made a button, but I don't know how to link it to anything, so click here if you want to join her tailoring sew a long post.
This might be my last post for a few days. I have two children's birthday parties to throw over the next ten days and I'd like to do a little sewing! :-)
