Friday, February 12, 2016

Patchwork jacket - Simplicity 3962

My fabric scraps box has been overloading for a while. So I chose some scraps and made a Patchwork jacket! I picked a rainbow brocade, a black brocade, a small houndstooth wool, a red plaid wool, and a black sparkly wool boucle. For the rest of the jacket I used this thrifted grey wool flannel that I had felted last year. I want the jacket to be warm!

I used a stash pattern Simplicity 3962. I have made a tropical wool jacket with this pattern before and I liked it. This is a great pattern as it comes with different cup sizes and the shoulder princess seams make the pattern easy to alter if necessary. The pattern is very straight forward and easy to use. I didn't even look at the instructions.

I used size 14. Since the scraps were of different weight, I used a lightweight fusible interfacing for the entire jacket. This turned out to be not such a great idea since the grey felt was already quite thick. The front facings and the collars are way too thick and doesn't lie too flat. Even the sleeves are a bit too stiff. Oh well! I'm wearing it anyway. Perhaps if I wear it more often it will become softer??


What I didn't consider when I was auditioning the scraps together was that the collar would obscure the top front fabric. I will remember that next time. Also, I think the shoulder pads are a tad too big for my already broad shoulders.

I'm looking forward to wearing this tomorrow to see how practical it is!

My Pattern Review for this pattern is here.


6 comments:

  1. It looks so good, you must wear it, stiff or not :). And although a bit of contrast fabric is obscured, it still looks okay. I'm going to have to make one of these one day as well - it looks great.

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    1. Thanks Sarah Liz! I tried it this morning but it's still too cold (-30 Celsius) to wear it. I will have to wait another month or so to test wear it again. I am hoping that if I wear something thin under the jacket it will not be as stiff to move around.

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  2. Very nice! It sounds like it would be a good weight for spring and fall (I think - like me - you are in Canada?)

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    1. Thanks Jenny! It was too cold to wear it in -30 C weather. I'll try it again in a month!

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  3. Fantastic jacket! Love the fabrics you chose and how you placed them. The seam matching is spot on. I hope you are able to feel comfortable wearing this jacket as it's too cute to linger in your closet. :)

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    1. Thanks Lisa! I'll take it out again when it's a bit warmer than -30C! ;-)

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