Final Jacket

Overall I am very pleased with my final jacket. If I was to change anything I would like to take more time over setting the sleeve in. I tried hard to manage my time well but I feel I did not accomplish this and my sleeves and lining suffered from this. In conclusion i have learned a lot from this project and I feel I have a very nice outcome from it. I shall take into account the time spent sewing and plan my time better in the future.

MAKING THE FINAL JACKET

I found putting the lining into the jacket very difficult as I got easily confused with turning everything inside out and working this way. It was especially difficult sewing around the back vent.

MAKING THE JACKET LINING PATTERN

I struggled with the lining pattern as I found it difficult to visualise as I have never done one before.  With help I managed to create my pattern and get my lining cut out.

MAKING THE FINAL JACKET

I found that I was very pushed for time in making my final jacket as I wanted it to be as perfect as it could be which often meant a lot of un-picking and re-sewing. I feel that I have adequate sewing skills but need to practice putting in sleeves as I struggled with the ease.

TOILE FITTING

Both sleeves will be the contrast (dark brown) colour but I ran out of dyed fabric for my toile.

In my toile fitting there were no alterations to make apart from the minor pattern errors mentioned earlier. I drew on the button placement and checked that the sleeve was loose enough to be rolled up to expose lining. 

FULL TOILE

When I had made my full toile I didn’t find any problems with the placement of style details such as the collar, panels and yokes. I was happy with the positioning and size of the jetted pocket but in order to manufacture it easily on my final jacket I decided to slightly alter the pattern and step the jetted area down 2.4cm's (Inc seam allowance.) I also noticed that I had made a few errors in the length of some of my pattern pieces for my bodice; I altered these to make sure the all lined up. The other problem I noticed was that one of my yokes was 1cm out from matching up to the back yoke. I changed this on the pattern to match exactly.  



HALF TOILE

When making my half toile I decided to make the right side (as worn) as this was the most technically difficult as it involved a jetted pocket that I needed to check the positioning of. After making my half toile the things I noticed that I needed to change were, adding 4cm into the side seam and to draw on the positioning of my pocket to my pattern.