Thursday, January 12, 2012

Sneak Peek


Before I call it quits for the night I thought I 'd share with you what I did today. This is M5191 in a lightweight embroidered suede cloth from JoAnn's. It's 100% poly and shreds and creates static like crazy. My Rocketeer didn't want to sew over the embroidery thread (neither did my serger) so I put on the walking foot and didn't have any more problems. I almost gave up on this project but decided to stick it out for the 2.5 yards of fabric I now get to count towards my goal of 25 yards sewn up this month. It was very time consuming (13 pattern pieces!) but I'm glad I stuck with it. I like the finished product and it will get some wear. 


I have to figure out how to make buttonholes on one of my vintage machines. My Bernina with the fantastic buttonholes doesn't work at the moment. I think I'll pull out the Judy Jetson Buttonholer tomorrow when I get home from work and practice using it. I've never used one before, so this should be interesting.

9 comments:

  1. I knew I was going to love this planned combo. Your jacket is fabulous. I love the embroidered suede fabric, even if it was difficult to sew. Glad you remembered to use the walking foot. I have to keep telling myself it's useful for way more than quilting.

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  2. Definitely worth the effort. Now, get a good night's sleep!

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  3. well clearly it was worth all the trouble! It's very cute.

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  4. Love it! Worth all the trouble it gave you, I'd say.

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  5. Yep. Takes a couple of clicks. Same problem the last couple of times too.

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  6. Nope. Worse this time. Works if you go through the 'preview' screen first.

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    1. My husband and I did a few tries with problems as well. I think that you might need to update your browser. At least that worked for us on his computer.

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  7. Thanks for posting about the McCalls jean jacket. I bought it last year and have held off making it (13 pieces!). Your jacket looks wonderful! I'll pull out the pattern and try to work through it too.

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