Hello Everyone!
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Time for part 2 everyone! I have been dancing around this project for a couple of weeks now! What have I gotten myself into? My first step was to take off the black sleeve and open up the side seam. I only work on one side at a time. I didn’t meticulously pick the seams open and as you will see my tendency to rush will cost me a little time on this one! In this picture you can see where I pinned my new design line for the front. I am still not sure how the herringbone will work into the sides at this point.
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I closed my eyes and cut the new design line for the front of the jacket.
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I should not have taken the back panel out of the jacket and realized it after the fact. My bad, I had to put it back in. Sometimes I just get ahead of myself.
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Here you see I totally took apart the herringbone jacket and shaped the new side panel. I am still not sure how the back is going to look or if I will be able to add to the bottom of the coat. At this point a shorter coat may be the only option. We will see how things move along.
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It took me a while but I think I finally have the herringbone panel settled.
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Here is the side seam and back panel as it stands now. I am beginning to see that I will have to add a gusset to the underarm. All of my usual tricks to raise the armhole are not going to be enough here.
You are an amazing creature. And so brave to tackle the coat.
I do have a question: Have you ever tried something that didn’t work? Did you discard it?
Pat
Oh Yes Pat! I don’t have that many but I do have some failures. I should do a few posts on my bloopers, but I will have to start saving them because I do throw them away!
I have learned a great tip here today – work on one side at a time. That seems like it could save a LOT of time. I love to see your thinking process!
Thanks Jo! That is why I am tackling this. I want you guys to see how things progress. It is very hard to do that when I wait until the end on a project of this size.
Watching your coat transformation is great! I get motivated seeing how you are progressing and the way you’re doing it. You’re very inspirational and I look forward to each post!