FO: ANISE jacket

So it's done! And I took it on a hike.

Basics:
Colette Anise and sew along as mini tutorials.
2 months of occasional effort - cutting, buttonholing, tailoring, fitting, and handstitching the lining.
This lovely gray green blue wool was free! thank you Mena and your fun swap last spring. (I miss you!)

the back looks puffy here! Say it's not so.

I spent about $8 on thread and $9 on buttons at Stonemountain, then found this GORGEOUS silk remnant for $7 there too. A lovely lining really makes a garment special, don't it? Especially on something you're going to take off in public, on the regular. 

the collar is even good for poppin! This photo courtesy of the  ocean wind.  

jealous yet? I live in the best place, really. 

Pockets-  I may turn them sideways next time. ! 

MUST enjoy pretty pockets. perfect for the keys and phone. 

sleeve sort of behaving...

The one problem i'm having is that my cuffs fall! See that nice crease? That's the "end" of the sleeve. I think the lining is too long so it's not holding the cuff properly. 

But I am having so much fun wearing this I am really reluctant to get back into its guts. I did a little shenanigans with my sleeve lining to make up for the tininess of my silk remnant. Just goes to remind me, again - Measurements matter! 

 In Sum: YIPPEE!!

Colette party and why i'm trying again

So I went to the Colette party. It was fine. I saw a lot of people wearing Colette dresses.

things I learned:

• These dresses provide a particular aesthetic 
• That aesthetic is not exactly mine...
• I am also not a big fan of dresses out of quilting cotton (though yours was extra cute, Nicole!). 
• The samples are made from fabric types (silk, slinky poly), that I rarely see home sewists use in their Colette creations. that's why this dress is so dope:  
• I scrutinized the Sencha sample, and am going to try to work that one again. I also saw a cute version in action (on an actual person) so I have the faith again!
• I also grabbed the Anise from the sample rack and tried it on. WOO! I want a short jacket, and it's a good time to get motivated with a sewalong. 

are you supposed to touch the samples? xlnt.

I plan to make it up in this gnarly (free) olive wool I have downstairs as a test case. It'll be useful if it works, and not a huge loss if it doesn't. 

Questions

• Does Liberty quilting cotton = regular shirting cotton? something to consider. I love this stuff, and it's wayyyyy less benjamins than the nice stuff:

finally, i have this blog, where i sew and stuff? but i can't identify as a sewing blogger (because i don't do sH&t to build audience or community or whatever...plus of course I feel like a giant dork trying to befriend people whose projects I stalk and judge online) (who's honest? me). but innyways 1.0 points if you can name the one with the Look in this photo.

lolz- hi Amy! 

See you at the SEWALONG?

xo 

bex