Jackie Coat Sewalong – Buttons and Finishing and High Fives all round
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 – Bagging the lining!
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: Buttonhole Facings
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 – Darts and assembling your coat
Whew. All the hard stuff is now behind you, you have your buttonholes and welt pockets done. (Unless you...
Jackie Coat Sewalong – Bound Buttonholes
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 – Cutting out fabric and fusing interfacing.
OK friends, today the good stuff starts - cutting into your lovely coating fabric. I am posting this today so you...
Jackie Coat Sewalong: Our prep is all done and muslin updates
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 – Changing to a centre front opening and rounding the Collar
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 – Lengthening your coat.
The Jackie Coat is a stylish hip length, which has been carefully designed to complement the glove length...
Jackie Coat Sewalong – Pattern Hack! Lengthening the Sleeves
One of the modifications to my second Jackie is to lengthen it - both the sleeves and overall length. I've been...
Jackie Coat Sewalong – Pattern Hack! Patch Pockets
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 – Interfacing Recommendations
IMPORTANT UPDATE *Edited 27 June 2014*In the post below I recommend medium weight interfacing suitable for coats. In...
Jackie Coat Sewalong – PDF Pattern is on sale!!
Just a quick public service announcement for those interested in the sewalong - Lena from Iconic Patterns has put the...
Jackie Coat Sewalong – Choosing and prepping your fabrics
Hi everyone. Just a few more days until Maria and I commence the sewalong "officially" on 15 July, and I am busy...
Red Tartan Gertie’s Pencil Skirt
This gorgeous wool came into my hands via a precious inheritance from my wonderful Aunt Jean, a seamstress of amazing...
Houndstooth Pencil Skirt from Gertie’s New Book for Better Sewing
I recently made up two versions of the pencil skirt from Gertie's New Book for Better Sewing (affiliate link to...
Jackie Coat Sewalong: My Jackie Plans
I've been sewing like a crazy woman for weeks but like many of us, find the opportunities for taking photos limited so...
Lace Jacket – Converting a shawl collar to a notched collar
I made up Kwik Sew 3334 again, this time in a really nice navy lace from Spotlight, which I also managed to sew...
Announcing the Jackie Coat Sewalong!!
Remember this coat? Iconic Patterns Jackie Coat I get compliments everytime I wear it, plus it is so warm and...
By Hand London Elisalex in Red Linen with Half Circle Skirt
Could my post titles be any more boring? No, they could not. This blog definitely demonstrates what happens after 8...
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