For some reason, I went from making a simple underskirt to making a jacket for my Song outfit. Yeah my mind was being very indecisive but once it settled on the the jacket I was happy to follow through.
Looking at my previous inspiration pictures, it had to be a long jacket.....very long and of course long sleeves.
And at the same time I thought I might as well make some matching trousers
Design
I decided to play it safe for the jacket and use one that I found on pinterest.
https://tieba.baidu.com/f?kz=675958102
Looks simple enough! I did a bit of measuring and found out that the sleeves would have been a bit too long for practical officewear so I chopped of 10cms or so off.
Also due to fabric constraint, I had to shorten the jacket by 30 cms as I only had 222cm of fabric left. Opps but as you will see later it is probably for the best.
Just need to draw it onto my fabric.
Construction
As always cutting the fabric is scary.
Man the design is simple but finishing the seams took forever because the material was so thick and heavy. I really need to find a better thimble.
And then there is the collar.
It should be cut out in one piece but alas I didn't have enough material so what I did instead was make it up with three strips. I made sure the pinstripes matched up so it is not too bad.
The construction of the trousers is the same as the previous one.
Finished
At first I was very pleased. I love the long outline.
BUT something was not right about the shoulder area. It was as if something was pulling on it even though it was not tight.
Maybe I didn't make it loose enough?
Conclusion
Not bad but definitely need to make the armholes and the chest wider so it drapes better but still it is a good outfit.
However I will need to reserve it for non-windy days or it will flap everywhere!
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