It is a very long time since I tried to make anything as complex as this jacket - and it shows! At least I can say that the embroidery is exactly where I meant it to be! The design is the Steampunk sleeve from Urban Threads.
The pin is temporary until I can find a suitable button.I have learned that the quarter inch foot is great for topstitching. I used it to put the pockets on with the needle position as far to the right as it would go.
140717I have to agree with all of the previos comments. You work is superb. We are most critical of our own work. You deserve a pat on the back. Hugs, Joyce
7153That is simply superb! Master class! Will you go in competition of
British sewers in BBC? You're simply the best - and thank you for sharing - Maria
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54557Just reading over the comments, I'd say they're impressed. Last jacket I made was around 1982, in the heydey of Stretch n Sew. Polyester jacket, pants, 8-gore skirt and sweater, plus three t's and blouses all to match or coordinate. (I'd probably be embarrassed to see them if they showed back up in my closet!)
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66910I really like this. Your placement is perfection.
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1170012452Beautiful! Very creative, hope you enjoy your new snazzy jacket.
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25546Great job on the placement and the colour is simply divine! Love Chris
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86901I think 1st how very creative of you to recycle curtains into this lovely Jacket & 2cd I love where you have placed the designs. Quite striking against the black! Kudos to you Sue & bet it looks fab on you! ~hugs~
299559Adding a little decoration to the jacket really makes it special! Nice way the thread shaded the design. Well done!
3364166023181046122Brilliant work Sue it looks fantastic. Reading below, was the sleeve made from one piece as one piece sleeves are a doddle to fit
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115756This looks fantastic--I always have a problem understanding the front facing hem area to make it look as professional. When I get stuck it is a long time before I attempt again---Placement and design is perfect.
18491Very nice, my hats off to anyone that makes a jacket. Not my fave thing to do/Lillian
145791I think you have constructed the jacket beautifully. Is it for a special occasion?
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by spendlove
25 Oct 2015
No - just the challenge. The black cotton fabric was a pair of curtains from a jumble sale! (They were new though.)
255050looks great, love their designs and the way you used them. Sandy
417816257Love the design you picked. Looks great. Did you use a variegated thread? Your placement is perfect
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by spendlove
25 Oct 2015
No, the design has four colours and I used shades from light to dark. For the placement, I digitised a line to be the top of the facing pattern. I stitched that on the stabiliser and then basted the fabric piece in place for the embroidery. Second one was simply a mirror image.
109774Nice job...love the gradient of the colors, too! And Martine is right!
318449Hats off! The designs looks fantastic where they are - who cares it is called sleeve.
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by spendlove
25 Oct 2015
I just hope it takes the eye away from the botch I managed to make of setting the actual sleeves in!
by mops
25 Oct 2015
I usually get one sleeve in flawlessly and in no time at all; but the second, that often has a mind of its own - or I might have become overconfident at the early success :)
by evilsoft
25 Oct 2015
Peggy Sayers has a trick. She uses a strip of the interfacing from a tie. You stitch-stretch that across the cap of the sleeve and when released it pulls in to a nice smooth shape. Made a jacket with quilting cotton, so I need to try to reset some myself.
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70767Beautiful! I love the gradient look of the purples in the design... nice work!
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113914WOWWWWWWWWW gotta love that purple and it all looks great to me???hugs
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