Sew....Bentie secretly got me this pattern, Le Laboratoire Familial's Celestine Jacket, when he ever so sweetly emailed and basically drove the nice ladies of this company crazy because I wanted their lovely Scarlett blouse boss! He managed it and I got both patterns!!!! Is he and Le Laboratoire awesome or what???? From the start, I was set that this jacket be made up in quilted pink. I have to admit that when I found this fabric in London on Goldhawk Road, I was super excited and a little frightened!! I fear the little man who had to climb up a very tall ladder to fetch it may have believed me a tad deranged!!! Lord have mercy, it is PINK!!!!!!! (And very shiny!!!!) Like the crazy person that I am....though I LOVE the Scarlett blouse more (and have the most lovely piece of blue shirting for it!!!)...the challenge of this piece made me want to make it first!!!! I looked at reviews. I studied the pattern. B helped with translation. I ended up getting some suede-like ??? scuba knit (It is super soft and buttery! I used the remnants of it in Rosie's Linden!) to tone down the pinkness for use in the trim and sleeves. I debated the pockets, the lining, zip front vs buttons. In the end, here's what I did:
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| Since my quilted fabric is finished on both sides and the knit feels lovely, I decided to skip the lining. That settled, I debated les poches!!! (See how much French I learned???) I was a bit intimidated by the slash pockets, never having made them. Plus with no lining, I wasn't sure how they would work out just hanging there. So, I was struck by one of my craziest but best ideas ever!!! I would use the pattern and instructions from Tessuti's Demi Pants to make the pockets!!! |
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| Warm and soft and buttery on the inside! |
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| Sleek and perfect on the outside!!! |
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| Isn't that awesome???? |
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| I admit to some considerable concern that I might look like an extra for Grease! But, when something is already too much ~ it just needs MORE!!!! |
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| Enter...the FROGS!!!! Pink ones, no less! |
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| Well, the frogs took away some of the Grease and added a taste of Geisha ~ or something!!! No worries! I loooove it! |
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| Have to say, I'm pretty proud of the stitchery!!! |
This whole experience has been an enormously fun adventure. A pattern from France, with pockets from Australia. Fabric from London. Frogs from a lady who claims she gets them from a maker in Hong Kong. Crazy from inside my brain, and much patience and sweetness from my B!!! I'm thinking that alone is good!! But, I figure I can rock it out Rihanna style with army green skinnies and boots, jeans may be a bit tricky given my Grease phobia. Kinda liking my black slacks and velvet slippers!!! Life is just a party, baby! Cheers!
Sew Chaotically! - love, les
I LOVE this!!!!! You did it again!!!!
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