Saturday, June 6, 2015

Already out.....Woven jacket

Since my TNT jacket pattern was already out on the cutting table, I thought I would give my 'Morris'd' version a try in a woven fabric.  I had a beautiful piece of stretch denim, grey, white and black flowers.  Only a small piece though, so once I determined I could at least cut the fronts and sleeves out of it, I rummaged my stash for something to use for the back and facings.  I found a remnant of black stretch denim!  Perfect.  So here is my version of My Morris'd TNT in a stretch woven.

The fact that the flowers appear to match across the fronts is amazing, I could only fit them on the fabric in one way, each front edge was originally the selvage edge!  I could not match the flower layout on the sleeves, but I like the randomness of it. 


The back, cut on the fold, has 2 darts for shaping.


I did not have enough of the flower fabric to extend the lapels like on my first version.  So these ones fold open much less.  Which means I had to redraw the facings, which you can see below, I didn't quite make them deep enough!  I remedied this by putting buttons on the flaps as they were folded out.  This kind of holds everything together and keeps the minimal facings in place.  Well that and I top stitched the facings down!  I did no front closures, because I like the casualness of it just hanging open.


I lined just the back.  I did this by just making 2 back pieces, one of outer fabric, one of the lining. Once the darts were sewn in both pieces, I serged them together, wrong sides facing, along all edges except the bottom 3" on each side and along the bottom.   Then I just treated them as one piece.  Leaving the bottom and bottom edges open, allowed me to hem the back and the lining separately.   When I cut out the lining, I extended on the side that was cut on the fold by 1", which gave me 2" extra to form a pleat in center back for ease of movement. 


 



I am loving my new jackets.  Just about everyday in the office involves either a cardigan or a light jacket. 

Stay Happy
Keep Sewing
and if you can't sew
Enjoy some pretty flowers!



6 comments:

  1. Gorgeous Morris. Love that fabric.

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    1. Thank you BeaJay! Gotta love a stash make! I count that as free!

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  2. Really nice job - love the fabrics & from stash - a bonus !

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  3. Great use of your stash & a beautiful jacket!

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  4. Gorgeous. I love your TNT jacket also from the last post.

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  5. Great jacket. I love the way you have used the floral fabric with the black.

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