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Ideas needed please Stuffed up a pattern and now have no overlap for closures!
Sarsez Intermediate AUSTRALIA Member since 2009 Posts: 277	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/29/12 0:14 AM Hi, I've had a UFO hanging around for a while. It's a simply cropped boxy jacket. It has a number of challenges yet to be solved but I'm stumped how to solve one. I have no way of fastening the jacket when I finish because I haven't left any overlap to button. It's self faced but the facing turn under starts right on the CF. So.. How can I fasten it with only the two CF's butting up to each other? Sar's ------ There will always be beautiful fabric - for goodness sake, I am going to stop buying it and sew up what I already have!
SheBear0320   Advanced MB CANADA Member since 2008 Posts: 2083	Login to reply to this post In reply to Sarsez Like this post Date: 1/29/12 0:54 AM I have a RTW jacket that has hooks and eyes along the centre front for a closure. Don't know if that will work for your circumstances. ------ Sheila 2012 Stash Sewn: 32.25 yards (as of 05/04/12) 2012 Fabric Purchased: 12 yards (as of 05/04/12)
LauraTS   Advanced Beginner CA USA Member since 2006 Posts: 1716	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/29/12 1:15 AM Or those Chinese knot buttons and loops, or some ties from ribbon or self-fabric? -- Edited on 1/29/12 1:16 AM -- ------ I've moved! Visit my new sewing blog at http://chiralcraft.wordpress.com Do you sew from KnipMode? Join us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/knipmode_english/
NhiHuynh   Intermediate CA USA Member since 2011 Posts: 318	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/29/12 3:28 AM I like the ribbon tie similar to this pattern pic http://www.silhouettepatterns.com/html/patterns/p_1950.htm
Lena Merrin Expert/Couture AUSTRALIA Member since 2009 Posts: 307	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/29/12 3:36 AM Rip the seam between facing and shell along CF and install a chunky zip? ------ www.thesewingspace.com
stirwatersblue Intermediate KS USA Member since 2008 Posts: 1737	Login to reply to this post In reply to SheBear0320 Like this post Date: 1/29/12 7:39 AM Quote: SheBear0320 I have a RTW jacket that has hooks and eyes along the centre front for a closure. Quote: SheBear0320 ...Or those Chinese knot buttons and loops I have RTW jackets with both these closures. The hooks and eyes are invisible, giving a nice, clean look, and the frogs are very elaborate, providing an interesting focal point. One of my favorite jackets closes with decorative pewter clasps, like this Dale of Norway cardigan (a feature I liked so much I adopted it for my historical costuming, too!). It's a perfect closure for front edges that abut, instead of overlap. All that said, I *also* have at least two RTW jackets with no closures at all. Is that an option for you here? ------ ~Gem in the prairie
MNBarb   Intermediate MN USA Member since 2010 Posts: 1227	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/29/12 9:53 AM Some type of extended tabs. Like this. or this. ------ Barb "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." Thomas Edison "I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow." Woodrow Wilson
Sarsez Intermediate AUSTRALIA Member since 2009 Posts: 277	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/30/12 6:36 AM Fabulous! What great ideas! It's going to be very hard to choose! And it has given me loads of motivation to finish this jacket. Yes! It can be saved! Thanks! ------ There will always be beautiful fabric - for goodness sake, I am going to stop buying it and sew up what I already have!
Elona   Advanced CA USA Member since 2002 Posts: 6479	Login to reply to this post In reply to Sarsez Like this post Date: 1/30/12 2:01 PM One more idea: There's the Blind or "Balenciaga Placket" which works when your garment edges meet at the center front but you want a little coverage under the closure. This is from a Claire Shaeffer note in Threads Magazine. -- Edited on 1/30/12 2:12 PM --
audsews Intermediate GA USA Member since 2002 Posts: 203	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/31/12 5:43 PM The "exposed zipper" look is popular now. maybe you could do a separating zipper and "expose' it?

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