Mirroring Suzy Bee Sews - Life So Strange It Should Be Fiction

So I kind of skipped ahead on the sewalong and finished my jacket! The jacket is meant to be worn with a belt but I liked the look on me better without it so I pressed the collar flat and added a press stud as well to keep the collar in place. Alteration were all listed in the last post . Fabrics used were a poly crepe for the main and a poly satin for the lining. I'm really happy with the fit, the drapey fabric caused me a bit of grief though. I had a lot of drag lines on the upper sleeves which I think were caused mostly from the drapey fabric. I interfaced the upper part of the sleeves, inserted sleeve heads and shoulder pads and while they aren't perfect its a lot better than before. On that note, I interfaced the collar, sleeves, front and hems, but with this fabric I should have interfaced the back and the whole peplum too. I think it would have made the peplum sit a lot nicer. I have a feeling I put the collar on the wrong side, but too late now to change it! So some th...

I've joined into the Lekala sewalong hosted by Lara at Thornberry . The pattern is 4329 and since Lekala has personalised sizes the theory is that we shouldn't have to adjust the pattern........except for me, lol. I printed out and taped together the pattern this week. I used my measurements plus adding extra to the back, high waist and making the upper arm 17". Once the pattern was printed (and I checked the 4" printing square) I doubled checked the arm measurement and it was only 16".....based on that I decided to make a muslin. Now while I really do like Lekala patterns my biggest issue with them is that they work off full bust and don't add an option for a FBA (though they do now allow for a narrow shoulder option and I really should have added that), so the shoulders were too wide on me. Adjustments I made after the first muslin; Added 2" to the bicep width Added .5" to the back width. Took in the waist 1" at the centre back. Petited the...