Sunday, December 20, 2009

Burda 3-2009-111 - Yellow & gray floral jacket

Woot! Here's another jacket I've knocked off my humongous pile of jackets waiting to be made up. I love this issue of Burda, and I love this jacket. It's got lots of fun details and loads of topstitching. But first I must thank my super awesome sister for this fabric. It was part of JoAnn's "Cosmopolitan" line from early spring. I adore yellow and for some reason think I'm the only person who does. While sitting on my thumbs waiting for a good sale, it completely sold out! I was very bummed, but thought perhaps Elisa's JoAnn's in Houston might still have some. They did, she bought it for me, and here it is!

Here at the back you can see the cute half-belt. There's topstitching down the sleeves, around the neckline, and across the belt. I used heavy duty polyester thread and my machine's walking foot. I first tried red and then white topstitching thread, but settled on black in the end. I wanted it to be contrasting but not distracting from the already bright print.

I really liked the curved collar and lapels, patch pockets with flaps, and front and back yoke.



The instructions have you cut a lining for the pockets out of lining fabric. This makes the pocket lining visible from the front, since it is sewn on top of the jacket. I opted to cut the pocket linings from fashion fabric to eliminate any view of gray lining.

The lining is gray Ambiance. I changed the center-back lining into one solid piece, instead of having a CB yoke and lower CB. That way I could raise the back pleat to act as an actual ease pleat. Notice how low the lining sits. This is because the middle front lining was cut from lining fabric - as per the instructions - and extends all the way to the bottom hem. I couldn't very well attach the rest of my lining higher or it would look funny. What I'd do differently is cut the middle front lining from fashion fabric, and attach the rest of the lining in typical jacket fashion.

Okay, so you've probably noticed my change in hairstyles. I've had bangs off and on pretty much my whole life. After college I grew them out since I was always mistaken for an intern at my job. You might not can tell, but I have loads of freckles. Freckles + bangs = baby face. But now in my 30's I'm starting to get gray hairs left and right and other wobbly bits. I know I'm not old, but I no longer feel really young. Wanting to try something different, I'm going with bangs once again. They might be grown out into side bangs eventually as I'm not sure I'm in love with them.

47 comments:

  1. Jacket is great, Love the fabric!! I love the bangs

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  2. I love the jacket AND the bangs! Gorgeous fabric. I love yellow too!

    If you go to Melissa's etsy shop, you can click on her "sales" or "feedback" links over on the right and see her past designs (including my locket!) I've had really good luck with feedback. I read the listings really carefully, look at all the feedback and sales items (or alot of them) and if I still have questions, I send a note to them using the contact button. You can typically tell if they know what they're doing by the description of materials, etc. And clear, large pictures are helpful too.

    On the other hand, I saw a gorgeous handmade necklace in Lucky or Allure, went to the artisan's website, fell in love with a piece, and ordered it. When it got here the necklace had a clasp, but no jump ring or the like to fasten onto!! It also measured 17.5" rather than the 18" it was supposed to be. It would have taken 2 minutes to attach a jump ring or an inch of extender chain, but the artisan was either too cheap or too lazy. I've never blogged that piece (even though now that I've fixed it its one of my very favorites) because I don't want to send business her way. Little things matter, and I just assumed she was fabulous because she got good press.

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  3. Great jacket! I love the topstitching and the yellow-and-grey color combo.

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  4. The jacket is beautiful! That fabric is really great - so unique and fun. I like the bangs, too. Youthful, but not "too young".

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  5. Great jacket - beautifully done.

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  6. yet another stellar piece!! I have that same fabric and am hoarding it waiting for the perfect pattern.

    great job!

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  7. Awesome jacket, I absolutely love it, and your new hairdo too.

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  8. You make such nice jackets. This one no exception. Great job!

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  9. 2 thumbs up: for the jacket and the hair cut! Aren't sisters just the best???

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  10. Awesome, love the color and the topstitching

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  11. Fabulous jacket and also like the bangs.

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  12. Very cute bangs and awesome, awesome jacket.

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  13. Great colors - I love the yellow too - Sis did a good job!! And you are rocking the bangs.

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  14. Love your jacket, especially in that fabric. The fringe (aka bangs) also looks great too.

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  16. love this jacket. I think the black topstitiching really makes it pop. Great fabric and pattern choices as usual (wink)!

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  17. Great jacket and perfect fabric for the style. I like your new hairstyle, too.

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  18. This is my favourite of your jackets. The print is really subtle and suits you so well. Your new hairdo is nice too.

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  19. What a lovely jacket. I really like the colour, it looks great on you!

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  20. You look good in bangs.

    Your jacket is amazing! Thank you for sharing so much of the construction along the way.

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  21. Very nice jacket. I like the yellow/gray combination. I like yellow, though I think it's a color hard for many people to wear.

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  22. Your hair looks great and the jacket is amazing!

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  23. I love bangs, and yours are super-flattering! And the jacket is absolutely gorgeous... perfect workmanship, as always!

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  24. Another great jacket in your collection. The color and the top stitching work very well together.

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  25. I love everything you make but this jacket is particularly stunning. I really love it. The style is wonderful, I love the collar and pockets and the half belt at the back. The fabric is gorgeous - I, too, love yellow and the combination of gray and yellow is great. You look amazing in it and it looks like it cost a fortune!!

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  26. I love this jacket! The fabric is stunning. (And you look great with bangs!)

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  27. So wonderful for a Texas December! Thanks for the helpful tips.

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  28. This jacket is on my list of jackets to sew someday... After seeing yours, which is fabulous, it will be next sewing project. I love your bangs too...

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  29. You made a beautiful job of that jacket - it looks fabulous! When I made it, I put ease pleats into the back yolk piece as well as the lower back piece so I had one large ease pleat running top to bottom. I'm also mystified by your lining since mine did not go to the bottom - but I did fully bag mine so I didn't pay any attention to the instructions! Anyway, congratulations on a lovely job.

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  30. Your jacket is beautiful. I really like yellow, but I cannot wear it around my face. If I wear yellow, it must be in a skirt or pants. I have tried all shades of yellow, but they just don't work!
    Your bangs look nice!

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  31. What a beautiful jacket! I love yellow too, but some shades are pretty ghastly on me.

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  32. Wow! Another fantastic jacket! I think I'm just not a jacket kind of girl.

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  33. As always Amanda, a beautiful job! I don't know how you find the time to do such detailed pieces with two small children. As for not feeling so young, you ARE; I've got almost 30 years up on you, & I've learned to thank God for each new day. Just enjoy & keep inspiring us with your sewing!

    Rosalind

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  34. Hi Amanda,

    You did a wonderful job on this jacket...it looks really great!!

    You know I have always liked you with bangs, so I think they are very cute and do make you look younger (not that you're the slightest bit old!!:o.

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  35. Really lovely jacket on you. Well done! I like the bangs; in one of the photos you look like a young brunette Julianne Moore.

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  36. Very cute jacket. I wondered what you were making in that interesting fabric when I read your post on inserting sleeves. You are too young to have white hairs. There are ways to hide them!

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  37. Love your jacket; love the yellow; and love the bangs. I have always thought bangs have a softening effect and provide a frame for the face.

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  38. Great jacket with fabulous fit and fabric! Love the bangs.

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  39. The jacket is amazing and I'm really liking the bangs as well. :)

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  40. You do beautiful work! Thanks for the details about construction.

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  41. I love your jacket. I am a fan of some yellow colors. Really like all the topstitching you did with this jacket. Like the bangs.

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  42. This is amazing! I love the color of the fabric! I'm am really blown away. I know I just said that in my last comment, but it is so true. Holy cow. Great job!

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  43. Beautiful fabric, makes for a lovely jacket.

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