And so begins my second foray in to the world of tailoring. As the collar lines on this jacket are rather the key focal point, I was a bit worried that this busy fabric would drown out the style. Then I saw melonhead‘s field of dreams coat on BurdaStyle – a block colour binding around the collar edges is GO! I haven’t yet found the right trim fabric for this – but I’m thinking of picking out the blue tones in the above fabric to match. As for lining, perhaps a dusky pink?
‘To Get’ List:
– horsehair canvas
– 1/4″ twill tape (to make the collar roll lines lovely)
– matching silk thread
– matching polyester thread
– shoulder pads
– sleeve heads (generally a felt fabric)
– interfacing
– hooks/latches/toggles (the notions list calls for 3 ‘toggles’)
– lining fabric
– underlining (to stabilise the super loose weave of my fabric)
I’m off to start putting together my (first?) toile – I’m nothing but a tad persnickety about getting the right fit. Other than a perfect excuse to hoard buy beautiful fabric, why else sew for yourself?A few months back I came across this 100% silk loose-weave tweed whilst drooling over fabric in Tessuti, and thought it and V8307 were destined to be:
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