I didn’t really take pictures as I was working on this, but I was pretty proud of how it turned out, so I think it deserves a blog post anyway!
I have this loose sort of cardigan jacket thing that I get a lot of wear out of, and I decided that I wanted to make something like it, but in a different color scheme. The jacket is a really simple design – the sleeves are the same piece as the body of the jacket, so there’s just two pattern pieces and three pieces of fabric.
I measured everything I could think of on the jacket, then drew it out and made a couple of changes to the fit (shortened the length, changed the shape of the neckline a little). It sewed up really quickly because it’s so simple! The picture below is from when I was trying to decide how long the sleeves should be:
I decided the sleeves should be shorter than the hem, so they ended up being basically three-quarters length. Here’s the finished product:
