March 4, 2011

JACKET #2

Here we go finally...lag zone on the blogular. I finished my second leather jacket about a month ago when it was nice and cold outside and I wanted something warm around my neck to fight off the chill. I'm loving the combo of brown and black and settled on a dark brown leather body with black sleeves. Click HERE to revisit the inspiration.Jacket #2 is a modified pattern of my first jacket, seen HERE. Sketches of the modified version below:
For Jacket #2, I made the sleeves longer, changed the waist to a leather casing with elastic, and added a nice sherpa collar for warmth.Sewing the lining.Welt pockets are lined with wool to keep your hands warm.Fur can be a total pain in the ass to work with. Here I am cutting away the fur pile from the skin at the seam allowance. This is necessary to do, otherwise the seams will turn out bulky and unflattering. This is a messy step and I should really wear a mask, but I'm lazy.After sewing the lining to the jacket, I'm trimmed the seams and turned the jacket right side out. I hammered all of the seams with my nice leather hammer to make them lay flat.
I wish I had made a larger shawl-type collar, as mocked-up below. I ended up sewing a basic turned collar, but I think a larger collar would have been nice. Next time. You learn as you go.
All done. I'm happy with it overall but kept a list of improvements for next time.
Thanks to Becca for snapping some photos and being a rad studio-mate.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! love it liz!

x,
sara

Leora said...

I want that thing on my body.

fashion serial killer said...

this is a giveaway post right? ;op

SO BAD ASSSSS!

C

Anonymous said...

All types of awesome. My lady's been talking about making her own leather jacket and I'm pretty sure you just became her hero.

ND said...

rad

mindpill said...

you made that...........? fuckin rad.......

Essay Writer said...

i like it

Jaime L. Beechum said...

i want one