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BurdaStyle Blouson Jacket (Plus Size) 09/2012 #135 So I want to make this jacket in ponte knit...
Courtney Ostaff   Intermediate WV USA Member since 11/23/10 Posts: 624	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 10/5/12 5:02 PM Ideas? Suggestions? Comments? Snide remarks?
AdaH   Intermediate IA USA Member since 11/21/09 Posts: 2133	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 10/5/12 8:03 PM Can you post a link? There are a couple of knit jacket patterns in the Big 4 books. Also saw one in the Kiwk Sew book. I was thinking of making one then reality set in and I put the thougth aside for now. I have a "number" of UFO's that I have promised myself I will finish before I allow myself to start on something new. ------ Ada
Pinkytoo   Advanced VA USA Member since 6/23/06 Posts: 2726	Login to reply to this post In reply to Courtney Ostaff << 1 member likes this. Date: 10/6/12 10:24 AM Are you going to do the leather parts in leather/faux leather? That would be awesome...also I think the sleeves are designed for a fabric with more "body" and less stretch than ponte ------ Sewing is my therapy!
brissie71   Intermediate AUSTRALIA Member since 11/6/07 Posts: 798	Login to reply to this post In reply to Courtney Ostaff << 1 member likes this. Date: 10/6/12 2:21 PM Cute. I'd totally make that - if I wasn't heading into Summer! ------ Kelley (Brisbane, QLD) http://simplesewist.blogspot.com.au/
stirwatersblue Intermediate KS USA Member since 12/13/08 Posts: 2468	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 10/6/12 6:20 PM I have a RTW jacket just like that in ponte from *years* ago--yikes, probably 10. It was made by Van Heusen, way back before anybody ever heard of ponte knit. It was a fantastic piece, and I wore it into the ground. (It was actually part of a suit, believe it or not, and I seriously wore both pieces to death.) I'm not sure what my point is, really, except that I had one, so I think your idea is perfectly sound, and that you will love it.And should maybe also make some pants to match. :D ------ ~Gem in the prairie
Courtney Ostaff   Intermediate WV USA Member since 11/23/10 Posts: 624	Login to reply to this post In reply to stirwatersblue << Like this post Date: 10/6/12 9:47 PM See, pretty much all I wear in the winter is a heavy ponte knit pant. So I was thinking that if I made that in a black ponte knit, I'd have a suit. Great minds think alike, right? So, I traced the pattern out tonight. My very first Burda pattern tracing! Woot! I think I'm going to have re-do some pieces because I didn't put in the right marks, but we'll see.
Courtney Ostaff   Intermediate WV USA Member since 11/23/10 Posts: 624	Login to reply to this post In reply to Pinkytoo << Like this post Date: 10/6/12 9:48 PM I picked up some cheap pseudo-leather at Jo-Ann's tonight to do a first try. I want to do the whole thing in that, and then if it works out, I'll do one in ponte knit. I know what you mean about the sleeves, but I despise jackets that don't let me move my shoulders. :(
Mobycat   Intermediate PA USA Member since 8/19/07 Posts: 116	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 10/6/12 11:07 PM I purchased this pattern as soon as it was available on Burda Style.com and downloaded and printed it. It's on the To Do list. I don't want to do in leather. They recommend loden as one of the fabrics, which I think is a wool, but can't find it anywhere. I can't wait to see Courtney's jacket. ------ Charlene
Pinkytoo   Advanced VA USA Member since 6/23/06 Posts: 2726	Login to reply to this post In reply to Courtney Ostaff << Like this post Date: 10/7/12 1:13 PM The good news is that only the front sleeve piece is leather...at least on the original ------ Sewing is my therapy!
Pinkytoo   Advanced VA USA Member since 6/23/06 Posts: 2726	Login to reply to this post In reply to Mobycat << Like this post Date: 10/7/12 1:15 PM Loden = "boiled wool" ------ Sewing is my therapy!

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