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"shortcuts to designer/chanel jacket" has anyone tried the "shortcut" method from threads dec 2006??
devviePuu Intermediate NY Member since 1/11/10 Posts: 88	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/13/13 3:17 PM susan khalje, please forgive me, but i'm considering (on my second chanel jacket) going the "shortcut" route described in the dec 2006 issue of threads. basically, the author bags out most of the jacket lining and then quilts, in order to avoid about 15 hours of fell-stitching. she also attaches the sleeve in one instead of by hand (lining and shell), to save another 15 hours. wondering if anyone has tried these techniques and, if so, if they felt the result was as good as the "real" thing. having done it the "real" way, i know how awesome the result is, but i want to save that for special occasions... original jacket, if you are curious, is here. ------ puu http://puusdooroftime.wordpress.com
solosmocker Advanced NY USA Member since 1/23/06 Posts: 1291	Login to reply to this post Like this post Subject: shortcuts to designer/chanel jacket Date: 2/14/13 7:05 PM I've done the full on 100 plus hour method of Kahlje and I have done the quickie method. The biggest difference is in the "feel" of the jacket on your body, but not much difference. Given both jackets would be boucle and both lined with silk charmeuse, the hand worked jacket would have a softer more sweatery feel. Which process I would use for jacket number three? I think it would depend on the quality of the boucle. Hundred per cent wool Linton tweed deserves no less than the "long way". But if what you are after is to get this thing done so you can attack other projects or jackets, and you don't have sewing friends hanging around to impress, go with the quicker method. It looks the same, IMO, and is a heck of a lot less work. Decisions, decisions..... ------ http://lasewist.blogspot.com/
solosmocker Advanced NY USA Member since 1/23/06 Posts: 1291	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/14/13 7:23 PM Here is a link to the final blogpost about the faster jacket. Hope this helps. You can back up a few posts to see more of the construction. http://lasewist.blogspot.com/2012/03/dolce-gabana-jacket-completed.html -- Edited on 2/14/13 7:23 PM -- ------ http://lasewist.blogspot.com/
devviePuu Intermediate NY Member since 1/11/10 Posts: 88	Login to reply to this post In reply to solosmocker << Like this post Date: 2/19/13 2:38 PM thanks, that is really helpful. the jacket i am working on right now is definitely NOT linton/chanel/100% wool boucle, it was just a nice feel in classic black and white, so i'm thinking i'll give the "shortcut" a try and see how i feel about it. i will be particularly interested to feel the tactile difference in the full-on method vs the quickie. (i already had to interface the boucle, which is of course a huge no-no, so there is no point hand-quilting it or quilting the panels individually!) ------ puu http://puusdooroftime.wordpress.com

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