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Lekala 7006 - Girls Jean Jacket

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OMG I am in love with this jacket - so much so that if I could fit it my niece would never get it.  My stress level was out of control and I knew I needed to make my way to the sewing machine quickly.  I wanted to sew for me but I ended up making this jacket that was supposed to be done 5 months ago. Lekala 7006 When I look at this jacket it gives me pure joy because of all the color in the embroidery.  I had to force myself to stop starring at it.  I had lot of fun making this jacket and with this project I tested out my new Janome HD9 Professional straight stitch only heavy duty machine (I will blog about it later) and it did not disappoint. How I Did It The embroidery designs are absolutely amazing.  I especially love the gradation in the flowers.  The letters and the colors - pure joy.  The flowers are from  OESD Florals II by Laurel Burch  and  OESD Kaleidoscope Alphabet . I did the embroidery first before putting the jacket together.  I used Janome's AcuSetter