more pictures - unusual jackets
Published: Friday, October 20th 2006
These are a few odd pictures of the unusual style jackets I am making for two of my customers.
Both these jackets are made to measure, not bespoke. I also make all my made to measure garments personally, even though the sewing machine is used much more in the making, there is quite a lot of hand work involved. These pictures show some of the handwork. For a start, there is all the hand basting that is used for the jacket, which is no small amount. The collar to facing seam on these jackets has been hand drawn. I also hand stitched the dommette for the sleeve head roll into these sleeves, there is a lot of fullness in the sleeves, so it made sense. I made the piping for around the collar edge with spare lining, cut on the bias to enable it to go around the curve smoothly. It is hand stitched in place. The other picture shows how I have done the bottom of the vent, a mitre seam. This type of seam keeps the lining away from the bottom of the jacket and is a good method, very clean and thin.
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