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| Some figurative, British grown sweet-peas just for you! |
Thank you for all your thoughtful, encouraging and prompt responses. I was explaining to my mom a while ago that the internet and blogging has allowed me to learn to sew. Without contact and information from more experienced sewers out there, I would have given up in frustration a few years ago when I started. Imagine trying to learn to sew in a world where your friends and neighbours don't sew, and all you have are the patterns to go by!
I would probably do a better job, if I set the jacket aside and had a little breather. On the other hand, it will niggle me to have it around taking up mental space. (It's just my personality. Have you noticed how quickly and frequently I comment? I am a completer finisher. I hate loose ends. I tend to be engaged.)
As for my jacket:
1. Trims:
I can't use the selvage to trim the jacket because I didn't keep it! Rookie mistake. I agree with the commenters who thought the jacket looked fine without any trim. On the other hand, I plan to wear it with jeans and t-shirts, so I don't want it to look like the jacket from a traditional work suit that has been split from it's skirt. Does adding the ribbon trim help avoid that?
2. Buttons:
The sleeves are vented, so I think I have to put some buttons on the vent to keep it from looking odd.
I love Nancy's snaps idea, what a great escape! I just wonder about the buttons. If I sew buttons on top of the snaps, the buttons will be on the wrong side of the jacket, when it is open. I plan to wear the jacket open 90% of the time. What's the proper convention for buttons on top of snaps? Which side do you sew them on? The left or the right?
3. RTW-sewalong
Steph asked if I was following Sherry's sew-along. Yes! Well, as best I could. I obviously wasn't following it carefully, because I did not use stay tape. I did use strips of interfacing around the armholes though, just not on the hems or the tops of the sleeve pieces. I did follow her order of construction and did all of her suggested under-stitching. Her method for attaching the collar was much better than what I had been doing.
OK, this is my last whine for help. My next post regarding this jacket will be the finished article, whether it turned out or not!
