A Nice Anise

My Anise jacket is finished! And I've been wearing it loads!

Fabric: burgundy wool ($5/yd), black fleece backed satin for lining ($5/yd)Pattern: Colette Pattern's AniseYear: contemporaryNotions: buttons ($12)First worn: October 2012Wear again? Yes, yes yes and yes! I've worn this jacket loads since I made it. I'm so happy with how this came out. It's warmer than I expected and so cute! It fits really well and the only thing I'd change about it would be to lengthen the sleeves about 1/2". 

I put in a lot of work on this project and just relaxed and had fun with it rather than being stressed about meeting the sew along dead line. I finished less than a week behind the last sew along post so I count myself on time!

I paired it with a grey me made dress (to be blogged soon!) and my black Mary Janes.

I was able to get a few quick snapshots at church. The weather has been gray and damp lately so I didn't have a chance to get super nice pictures.

But this cute kitty posed with me so I know you'll forgive the less than stellar quality of the photos.

Anise Sew Along Progress

I've made some nice progress on my Anise coat. I finally got lining and buttons so that's helped out a lot.

Bound buttonholes! And lovely basting in yellow silk thread.

It's starting to look like a coat! The collar looks great.

I used a handy new way to do the back of my bound buttonholes from the Colette Pattern's website. So genius! I always hated the back of bound buttonholes the most and now they look all pretty! Next up is welt pockets!

Anise Muslin #2

Anise muslin #2 is complete!

The front looks good with an 3/4" FBA. There was some weirdness going on once I put on the sleeves. It's kind of tight and awkward. I tried on a couple of rtw jackets and and they had the same kind of issues but not quite as much.

The back wrinkles are mostly gone. It's just a bit baggy there. I'm thinking with the thicker weight fabric it will be ok. It's so hard to judge the ease for a jacket!

Side shot.

The shoulder fits after the narrow shoulder adjustment. They slope down a lot though so I'm going to play around with some shoulder pads and see how it goes.

Anise Muslin 1

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I'm participating in the Colette Pattern's Anise Sew-Along. For my first muslin I cut a size 6, did a 1/2" FBA and took 1/2 off each side seam at the waist for a bit more shaping.

Muslin #1 over a sweater. So far I know that the shoulders are too wide. I'm going to try a real narrow should adjustment instead of just lopping some off! It's a bit tight in the chest so I'm going to do a slightly larger FBA even though I don't usually do such a large FBA.

The side-looking pretty good except for some back wrinkles.

More back wrinkles. Not sure what to do about those. Swayback adjustment???