hongkongshopper said... Lovely jacket! It fits you beautifully. And I am so jealous of your NY fabric purchase. As another Aussie, it is a long way to go fabric shopping!! 1/12/08 4:19 AM
PegL said... Lovely jacket! Excellent review! 1/12/08 5:09 AM
jlg said... Very nice jacket. It looks beautiful on you. 1/12/08 5:15 AM
Shrazzy said... Your jacket looks beautiful on you. Wonderful color. And thanks in particular for the great tip on the muslin for this pattern. 1/12/08 6:58 AM
Lori V said... Your jacket is beautiful, lovely color. 1/12/08 7:11 AM
CarolynGM said... I love what you did with this pattern. I haven't made it again, but if I do, I'll use your approach to scale down the extended shoulders and substitute a more fitted sleeve. Beautifully done! 1/12/08 7:34 AM
Marji said... Beautiful jacket. Interesting info about "over interfacing". Thank you for the thoughtful review 1/12/08 7:58 AM
Peggy L said... Beautiful! The color looks wonderful on you. Thanks for a great review. 1/12/08 7:59 AM
leanmeansewingmachine said... Your jacket is beautiful! I appreciate the pattern fitting information in your review. 1/12/08 8:11 AM
mClones said... Beautiful fit! 1/12/08 9:42 AM
BeckyC said... Beautiful jacket on you! You achieved a wonderful fit. It is truly a classic with the changes you've made to the pattern. Thank you for the detailed review. 1/12/08 10:17 AM
Cheryl Reeves said... Gorgeous jacket. It looks like it was well worth your adjustments and effort. 1/12/08 10:42 AM
Sherril Miller said... Outstanding fit. I agree, just a tad more on the sleeves, but even that is mere opinion. It's perfect the way it is. Your fabric is stunning. Sounds like you put a lot of work into it so I hope you enjoy it for a long, long time. It's beautiful. 1/12/08 11:20 AM
Debbie Cook said... Lovely jacket, great fit. The fabric is perfect! 1/12/08 11:31 AM
Morisot said... Your jacket looks beautiful. Thanks for the tip on the chain and the picture of it. (I have a couple of items that "ride up" as I wear them and your chain fix just might do the trick.) 1/12/08 12:03 PM
Birgitte said... No wasted time here! Perfect fit/fabric/person combo- congratulations! 1/12/08 6:06 PM
CynthiaSue said... this is fabulous tailoring. you look fantastic. 1/12/08 6:20 PM
Kellie R. said... I'm sorry you had some initial woes with the fitting. Thankfully, with your adustments, your final jacket is just superb! thanks for the review. 1/12/08 6:45 PM
xtreme1 said... A jacket to be extremely proud of, especially the excellent fit you have achieved. 1/13/08 0:26 AM
Mahogany Stylist said... Beautiful jacket. 1/13/08 0:50 AM
ryan's mom said... Your jacket looks great! I love the green/blackherringbone wool too. And I, too, like a 10 at the shoulders morphing to a 14 below on jackets. A 12 is my "base" size but those multi-sized patterns make things so easy. Is this a multi-sized one? 1/13/08 6:49 AM
Danvillegirl said... Lovely and well fitting jacket. Love the color on you. 1/13/08 7:33 AM
Karen8320 said... Ryan's mom, the pattern envelope I bought contains sizes 12,14 and 16 which is great for me because I move through those sizes for various parts of my upper body. 1/13/08 8:18 AM
Sigrid. said... Beautiful jacket, great fit. 1/13/08 9:15 AM
carolynw said... Karen thsi is truly beautiful - I am in love with it. My local fabric store had this exact cloth and I have never thought of using it - this is such a wonderful looking jacket I wish I had bought some instead of sticking to the uber safe black and white version! 1/13/08 9:51 AM
Karine said... Your jacket turned out beautifully. Thanks for the review. 1/13/08 10:10 AM
annie11 said... Wow! What a stunning jacket! You've got the fit down perfectly, and I know that is not easy to do. 1/13/08 11:20 AM
JennyAnne said... Thanks for the great review. I'm about to start my own. Beautiful jacket! 1/13/08 2:53 PM
Heatherrique said... Impeccable fit, gorgeous style and stunning colors on you! 1/13/08 3:53 PM
marjenann said... What a stunning garment!! And, the color is fabulous on you!! Your feelings about the extended shoulders are absolutely true!! I am morphing 10 to 14 too!! And I am guilty of over interfacing jackets. Your jacket is proof that sometimes less is more!! 1/13/08 3:58 PM
Annette1 said... SO pretty, and it fits you beautifully. I love the color, as well! I've looked and looked for hemline chains as you've used here, and I must be looking in the wrong places, because I've yet to find them. They add such a designer touch, though, I love them. I've actually used curtain weights hidden in the hem before, but I'd much rather be using that pretty chain! :o) 1/14/08 7:24 PM
Huldra said... What a flattering jacket! It was interesting to read your comment about over interfacing jackets, because in many books, for example Jackets For Real People, they tell you to interface basically everything, while in the pattern instructions they only tell you to interface the collar and facing! 1/22/08 1:45 PM
CharityAK said... Your care in fitting is evident! The jacket fits like a dream. Just beautiful.
1/28/08 1:55 AM
Lovely jacket! It fits you beautifully. And I am so jealous of your NY fabric purchase. As another Aussie, it is a long way to go fabric shopping!!
1/12/08 4:19 AM
Lovely jacket! Excellent review!
1/12/08 5:09 AM
Very nice jacket. It looks beautiful on you.
1/12/08 5:15 AM
Your jacket looks beautiful on you. Wonderful color. And thanks in particular for the great tip on the muslin for this pattern.
1/12/08 6:58 AM
Your jacket is beautiful, lovely color.
1/12/08 7:11 AM
I love what you did with this pattern. I haven't made it again, but if I do, I'll use your approach to scale down the extended shoulders and substitute a more fitted sleeve. Beautifully done!
1/12/08 7:34 AM
Beautiful jacket. Interesting info about "over interfacing". Thank you for the thoughtful review
1/12/08 7:58 AM
Beautiful! The color looks wonderful on you. Thanks for a great review.
1/12/08 7:59 AM
Your jacket is beautiful! I appreciate the pattern fitting information in your review.
1/12/08 8:11 AM
Beautiful fit!
1/12/08 9:42 AM
Beautiful jacket on you! You achieved a wonderful fit. It is truly a classic with the changes you've made to the pattern. Thank you for the detailed review.
1/12/08 10:17 AM
Gorgeous jacket. It looks like it was well worth your adjustments and effort.
1/12/08 10:42 AM
Outstanding fit. I agree, just a tad more on the sleeves, but even that is mere opinion. It's perfect the way it is. Your fabric is stunning. Sounds like you put a lot of work into it so I hope you enjoy it for a long, long time. It's beautiful.
1/12/08 11:20 AM
Lovely jacket, great fit. The fabric is perfect!
1/12/08 11:31 AM
Your jacket looks beautiful. Thanks for the tip on the chain and the picture of it. (I have a couple of items that "ride up" as I wear them and your chain fix just might do the trick.)
1/12/08 12:03 PM
No wasted time here! Perfect fit/fabric/person combo- congratulations!
1/12/08 6:06 PM
this is fabulous tailoring. you look fantastic.
1/12/08 6:20 PM
I'm sorry you had some initial woes with the fitting. Thankfully, with your adustments, your final jacket is just superb! thanks for the review.
1/12/08 6:45 PM
A jacket to be extremely proud of, especially the excellent fit you have achieved.
1/13/08 0:26 AM
Beautiful jacket.
1/13/08 0:50 AM
Your jacket looks great! I love the green/blackherringbone wool too. And I, too, like a 10 at the shoulders morphing to a 14 below on jackets. A 12 is my "base" size but those multi-sized patterns make things so easy. Is this a multi-sized one?
1/13/08 6:49 AM
Lovely and well fitting jacket. Love the color on you.
1/13/08 7:33 AM
Ryan's mom, the pattern envelope I bought contains sizes 12,14 and 16 which is great for me because I move through those sizes for various parts of my upper body.
1/13/08 8:18 AM
Beautiful jacket, great fit.
1/13/08 9:15 AM
Karen thsi is truly beautiful - I am in love with it. My local fabric store had this exact cloth and I have never thought of using it - this is such a wonderful looking jacket I wish I had bought some instead of sticking to the uber safe black and white version!
1/13/08 9:51 AM
Your jacket turned out beautifully. Thanks for the review.
1/13/08 10:10 AM
Wow! What a stunning jacket! You've got the fit down perfectly, and I know that is not easy to do.
1/13/08 11:20 AM
Thanks for the great review. I'm about to start my own. Beautiful jacket!
1/13/08 2:53 PM
Impeccable fit, gorgeous style and stunning colors on you!
1/13/08 3:53 PM
What a stunning garment!! And, the color is fabulous on you!! Your feelings about the extended shoulders are absolutely true!! I am morphing 10 to 14 too!! And I am guilty of over interfacing jackets. Your jacket is proof that sometimes less is more!!
1/13/08 3:58 PM
SO pretty, and it fits you beautifully. I love the color, as well! I've looked and looked for hemline chains as you've used here, and I must be looking in the wrong places, because I've yet to find them. They add such a designer touch, though, I love them. I've actually used curtain weights hidden in the hem before, but I'd much rather be using that pretty chain! :o)
1/14/08 7:24 PM
What a flattering jacket! It was interesting to read your comment about over interfacing jackets, because in many books, for example Jackets For Real People, they tell you to interface basically everything, while in the pattern instructions they only tell you to interface the collar and facing!
1/22/08 1:45 PM
Your care in fitting is evident! The jacket fits like a dream. Just beautiful.
1/28/08 1:55 AM