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Sunday, September 16, 2007

The jacket is in serious danger of becoming a ufo. It's hanging in the closet. All that really needs to be done is completing the attachment of the lining to the sleeves and hem, and putting in buttons and buttonholes. I'm still waffling about working on the sleeves a tad bit.

In the meantime, it's time to start working on fall pants. The first prototype has been put together and it had twisted legs. That's an easy fix. Otherwise they don't look bad at all. It's amazing what a quarter inch on one side of the bottom of a pant leg will do.

Sunday, September 9, 2007

It's a wadder

I've been working on the @@#$%%&& jacket forever. Someone said (I believe it was Gigi) that life is too short to work with inferior products. They are sooooo right.


Cheap fusible and cheap poly rayon that was probably mismarked ends up being a jacket that will not take a smooth curved edge. It could be worse. It's hanging in the back of the closet. However, the fit is great and it looks good on me. I believe that it can properly be made out of a nice woven natural fiber fabric.

I have a couple of pieces of silk and a couple of pieces of wool. It will not be made out of a poly rayon.

It's a wadder

I've been working on the @@#$%%&& jacket forever. Someone said (I believe it was Gigi) that life is too short to work with inferior products. They are sooooo right.


Cheap fusible and cheap poly rayon that was probably mismarked ends up being a jacket that will not take a smooth curved edge. It could be worse. It's hanging in the back of the closet. I believe that it can properly be made out of a nice woven natural fiber fabric.