MakeNine 2019 progress

Despite the radio silence on my MakeNine 2019 plan, I have made some progress.  Of the nine items, I completed/worked on seven.  

COMPLETED 

• Burda 11-2017-106 (#2):  Love it and wore it a few times this winter.

•  McCall's 7429 (#3):  I made two versions of this dress and wore them both a couple of times.

• Jalie Éléonore (#6):  I made two more versions of this and wear them all of the time.  I seriously love this pattern for its ease in construction and wear.

• Butterick 6388 (#8):  I really like this dress, but I've yet to wear it.  Hmm...

STALLED

Blue Calla Patterns Boronia Bowler (#5):  I am *this* close to finishing the purse.  The problem is trying to find a zipper that opens from center to end.  First I ordered the wrong zipper from Wawak.  Then when I ordered the correct zipper, they mistakenly sent me the same wrong zipper from before.  Now that I finally have the right zipper, the two zipper pulls are not the same and it annoys me.  Waaah! 

So the purse sits in all its unfinished glory.

ABANDONED (for now)

Ottobre 5-2010 #11 (#4):  I swapped this pattern out for Ottobre 5-2012 #7 (shown below).

The collar is somehow too wide and extends beyond the button band.  I have to fix the collar pattern piece before I resume working on the shirt. The likelihood of that happening any time soon is pretty low. =/

Burda 9-2006-104 (top row #1):  I had high hopes for my second trench coat.  I even went all out and made my own bias tape and piping.  What ultimately tanked this project was the fusible interfacing.  I used an off-white lightweight interfacing thinking it would be better than the black weft interfacing that I love so much.  I was so wrong.

The interfacing puckers and separates with just a hint of steam.  This looks so bad and I have zero motivation to finish it.

Uggggh.  The pockets looked even worse with interfacing.

I really want to make this coat, but I'll have to start over with better interfacing.  And so begins the search for light pink twill!

STILL PART OF THE PLAN

Burda 5-2011-113 (#7):  I still like this jacket even though I have nothing to wear with it.  Maybe I'll make a leather skirt or something.

Ottobre 5-2010 #11 (#9):  I hope to start this pea coat some time in September.  We shall see!

Even if my first MakeNine challenge isn't completely successful, I will likely do it again next year.  I find it a good motivation to put some focus on patterns or projects that I have wanted to sew for a long time.

L