Jackie Coat Sewalong Jackie Coat Sewalong – Buttons and Finishing and High Fives all round Sew Hopeful26 August, 20145 By now you have bagged your lining, given everything a good press, and just need to sew on your buttons. There are a...
Jackie Coat Sewalong Jackie Coat Sewalong – Bagging the lining! Sew Hopeful26 August, 20143 Bagging a lining is fun but freaky. Midway through it you get to a stage where it looks like origami gone wrong...
Jackie Coat Sewalong Jackie Coat Sewalong: Buttonhole Facings Sew Hopeful10 August, 20146 We are not doing the openings in the facings for our buttonholes until AFTER the facings are attached but I thought I...
Jackie Coat Sewalong Jackie Coat Sewalong – Darts and assembling your coat Sew Hopeful6 August, 20143 Whew. All the hard stuff is now behind you, you have your buttonholes and welt pockets done. (Unless you...
Jackie Coat Sewalong Jackie Coat Sewalong – Bound Buttonholes Sew Hopeful3 August, 201418 Once you have cut out your fabric and fused your interfacing the first sewing step for Jackie is to do the bound...
Jackie Coat Sewalong Jackie Coat Sewalong – Cutting out fabric and fusing interfacing. Sew Hopeful1 August, 20146 OK friends, today the good stuff starts - cutting into your lovely coating fabric. I am posting this today so you...
Jackie Coat Sewalong Jackie Coat Sewalong: Our prep is all done and muslin updates Sew Hopeful31 July, 20142 We have now uploaded all our "prep" posts with a heap of information to help to make some great choices for your...
Jackie Coat Sewalong Jackie Coat Sewalong – Changing to a centre front opening and rounding the Collar Sew Hopeful24 July, 201411 For my rounded collar points, I just used my french curve to draw a curve that I like and trimmed it. Very...
Jackie Coat Sewalong Jackie Coat Sewalong – Lengthening your coat. Sew Hopeful23 July, 20141 The Jackie Coat is a stylish hip length, which has been carefully designed to complement the glove length...
Jackie Coat Sewalong Jackie Coat Sewalong – Pattern Hack! Lengthening the Sleeves Sew Hopeful20 July, 20140 One of the modifications to my second Jackie is to lengthen it - both the sleeves and overall length. I've been...
Jackie Coat Sewalong Jackie Coat Sewalong – Pattern Hack! Patch Pockets Sew Hopeful20 July, 20140 The welt pockets on Jackie are a beautiful design element but can be tricky to execute well. If you would like an...
Jackie Coat Sewalong Jackie Coat Sewalong – Interfacing Recommendations Sew Hopeful15 July, 20145 IMPORTANT UPDATE *Edited 27 June 2014*In the post below I recommend medium weight interfacing suitable for coats. In...
Jackie Coat Sewalong Jackie Coat Sewalong – PDF Pattern is on sale!! Sew Hopeful14 July, 20146 Just a quick public service announcement for those interested in the sewalong - Lena from Iconic Patterns has put the...
Jackie Coat Sewalong Jackie Coat Sewalong – Choosing and prepping your fabrics Sew Hopeful12 July, 20146 Hi everyone. Just a few more days until Maria and I commence the sewalong "officially" on 15 July, and I am busy...
Skirts Red Tartan Gertie’s Pencil Skirt Sew Hopeful7 July, 201415 This gorgeous wool came into my hands via a precious inheritance from my wonderful Aunt Jean, a seamstress of amazing...
Skirts Houndstooth Pencil Skirt from Gertie’s New Book for Better Sewing Sew Hopeful15 June, 201418 I recently made up two versions of the pencil skirt from Gertie's New Book for Better Sewing (affiliate link to...
Jackie Coat Sewalong Jackie Coat Sewalong: My Jackie Plans Sew Hopeful6 June, 201421 I've been sewing like a crazy woman for weeks but like many of us, find the opportunities for taking photos limited so...
Jacket/Coat Lace Jacket – Converting a shawl collar to a notched collar Sew Hopeful13 May, 201412 I made up Kwik Sew 3334 again, this time in a really nice navy lace from Spotlight, which I also managed to sew...
Dresses Announcing the Jackie Coat Sewalong!! Sew Hopeful11 May, 201438 Remember this coat? Iconic Patterns Jackie Coat I get compliments everytime I wear it, plus it is so warm and...
Dresses By Hand London Elisalex in Red Linen with Half Circle Skirt Sew Hopeful26 April, 201420 Could my post titles be any more boring? No, they could not. This blog definitely demonstrates what happens after 8...