The finale -- McCalls 5859

My jackets is done and I must say, it too is a winner. The yellow and black were the perfect combination. I'm still hovering in the "Land of Goth" with my black accessories and makeup.

I'm still losing weight and it has become a problem as to what alterations need to be changed. For this jacket I had adjusted the pattern some time last year. The FBA was much too big now that I've lost about 25 lbs. I forgot all about that and had to take larger seams in the bust area and underarm. I'll put my review up on PR in the next few days.

The home stretch of McCalls 5859

I'm in the home stretch of sewing my jacket. Everything went together easily and my bound buttonholes came out just fine.

The only thing left to do cut and stitch the facing behind the buttonholes, hand stitch the sleeve lining into place, sew on the buttons and give it good steaming. I do have to remove one of the pockets and resew it before I sew the sleeve lining. One pocket is terribly off and I'm not going to try and fool myself into thinking no one would notice!

Lots of progress on McCalls 5859

I'm on a roll and have made amazing progress on my jacket.

Now that I have the sleeves on the and side seams actually sewn, the pockets don't look so bad after all. I've got most of the lining sewn and as I always do, I added some decorative stitching to it. The lining fabric is crepe back satin.

I am going to make bound buttonholes. Here's my practice one.

It's not perfect because I forgot to add interfacing to my "garment" fabric. The fabric I'm using for the buttonholes is some leftover wool crepe from my stash. The buttons are from my stash. Don't know how long I've had them but they were marked with a .25 clearance tag...oh yeah!

Friday Night Sew In - McCalls 5859

What was I thinking. I should have picked something easy for the Friday Night Sew In but no, I had to pick something that will take days to finish.

This is what I have so far. I'm making the pink version but am using piping as in the multicolor version. One good thing about making the longer sleeve version is I don't too much have to worry about fitting the sleeve into the armhole. Since the sleeve cap is gathered, it will be super easy. I think bound buttonholes would add a designer touch but this polyester linen is very loosely woven and would probably give me fits. I'll practice on some scraps first and then decide.

Is is just me or do these seem to be the tiniest pockets on the planet?? Believe it or not I added 1" to the width as I wanted to try to balance them with the FBA I made.

I'm sure I'll be working on this for the rest of the week so stay tuned. Smooches!