After much hard work and deliberation, I finally have to admit that this project is a major fail! While the pattern is nicely drafted and fits reasonably well (with a few minor alterations), the cause of the failure was completely due to fabric choice. I used a wool flannel and with all of the layers, the garment doesn't hang nor fit as nicely after the facing/lining unit is attached. It's just too thick many areas and making sharp collar points is nearly impossible. Here are a couple of pictures of where the jacket stands at present.
Meh.
I'll likely finish it and give it away. I'm not a fan of the finished product and I know I'll never wear it.
Unfortunately, this tanks my motivation for the SWAP. I did finish another piece of the plan, but I have no desire to focus on the remaining pieces, especially now since I need to start over on the jacket. I'm not even pressed about it. There are so many other things I want to sew right now and I'm going to do just that.
Many thanks to everyone who left comments on my jeans. I really appreciate it. =)
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I wouldn't call it a fail... per se'... I would just say that you made that for someone else.
ReplyDeleteI know that feeling when you put so much effort into a garment only to have a fail garment. Give yourself a break, the jackets looks good, on the bright side there was a lesson learned " the fabric choice" is one of the most important aspect of sewing. I know that feeling, because I've made the same mistake.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry your project did not turn out as you planned!
ReplyDeleteI think you're being much too harsh on yourself. Don't worry about the collar points. They are never going to be perfectly sharp when using a heavier wool fabric. Just trim and clip your seams to reduce as much bulk as you feel safe doing. If the lining isn't in yet you could always re-sew the lapels and round off the corners. I went back and read your welt pocket post. How about adding a button to hold the flap down. That would keep everything concealed. At any rate please don't beat yourself up too much about this. I blame the pattern companies that lead us to believe we can make a tailored garment without having to do the actually tailoring.
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