Josephine Sews

I have a couple of jean jackets,  but I decided I needed a "plain" one.  I saw McCall's 7729 cropped jacket (View A) and fell in love with it. So how did I end up with NOT a "PLAIN" jean jacket?  I chose to use a dark navy blue thread that would not stand out too much and I chose fabric that I ended up hating.  After I had just about completed it, I looked at it and thought what a boring, ugly jacket.  I needed to add some color so I wouldn't toss it in the trash. How I Did It With all the fabric I have in my stash, I bought fabric for this project.  I have some nice quality denim in my stash but it is slated for another project (about 3 years it has been sitting now 😉).  I am proud of myself though - when purchasing the fabric I limited my self to what I needed for this project and I also limited the notions I bought. I should have really inspected this fabric before buying it because the quality is not so great and after all the hours I ...

Another birthday present - this time for Gabadoodle (my special name for her). McCalls 7619 I am the slowest sewer in the world and less than 24 hours before her birthday party why did I think it was a good idea to make a lined jacket, embroider it, and have it ready to present to her at her birthday party? It was not a good idea but the reality was I needed to sew - sewing is my stress relief and I needed relief. How I Did It Some Background Several days before I asked her mom what she liked and some of the things told to me were unicorns, camouflage jacket, and bugs.  Initially I told her mom I wouldn't have time to make a jacket (I really didn't).  When I went to 2 different fabric stores Friday evening, I had no idea what I was going to make.  I only knew it would have a unicorn and some kind of bugs embroidered on it. I reluctantly decided on McCall's 7619 .  I have more fabric than I know what to do with at home but I could not risk not havin...