Donna H said... Cute jacket and I love the fabric AND the sewing assistant!! 1/26/07 2:20 PM
AuntieShel said... OMG, what a beautiful jacket--it looks fabulous on you. I had to buy this pattern because of all the rave reviews and now I can't wait to make it. Thanks for this wonderful review. Your sewing assistant is adorable. 1/26/07 2:22 PM
Ann Smith said... This looks terrific. I love the collar and the color on you. 1/26/07 2:23 PM
drsue said... Great job as usual. I'm impressed you could get that fabric to work so well with that wavy collar! 1/26/07 2:27 PM
Marji said... great looking jacket. I've been eyeing this pattern. I esp like the look of the collar turned up in back and open on you. 1/26/07 2:41 PM
JDpenelope said... This jacket is very special. I still marvel at the ease with which you alter patterns to get the perfect fit. 1/26/07 2:55 PM
Mary Stiefer said... What a cool looking jacket and, as usual, your reviews are always wonderful
1/26/07 3:05 PM
Tany said... LOVELY!! I like your sewing assistant too! 1/26/07 3:15 PM
KarenP said... Beautiful jacket, and I love the fabric. 1/26/07 3:25 PM
Vonnevo said... Both your jacket and sewing assistant are gorgeous :) 1/26/07 4:01 PM
Re Becca said... I could not have imagined this in a print, but you pull it off nicely. 1/26/07 4:07 PM
cecelia said... Irina, you should model for Vogue--the jacket is lovely, and you'd never know it has dropped shoulders. I also like your "assistant!" 1/26/07 4:12 PM
carolynw said... Lovely as usual - have this pattern - looked at it today and put it aside. Just not too sure it's for me but will try so,eday - yours as said is lovely!! 1/26/07 5:47 PM
Erica B. said... Simply, beautiful! 1/26/07 6:25 PM
Linda G said... great looking jacket 1/26/07 6:35 PM
lmg said... Wow..Great jacket. Looks fabulous in this print as well 1/26/07 6:52 PM
sewbehind said... That colour is very becoming on you. Love the jacket and the sewing assistant. He looks rather bored though. I think you should sew something with ribbon next. 1/26/07 7:21 PM
Nata said... Beautiful jacket. You did a great job and all that help from your assistant shows. 1/26/07 7:28 PM
Kay Y said... What a fun jacket - the combination of print and pattern is very successful. This is the best part of sewing! 1/26/07 7:39 PM
Sherril Miller said... What a fun jacket. That collar makes it extra special. 1/26/07 9:12 PM
Ody said... I love the fabric you made this out of and it looks super on you. I agree you would not know it had a dropped shoulder.
Why is it that cats insist on laying on the opject you are working on??? 1/26/07 10:46 PM
Chris Kelly said... Beautiful! Thank you for the review. 1/26/07 11:48 PM
Barbara at Cat Fur Studio said... It's a beauty! The fabric is perfect, and the jacket looks great. Love the photo of your calico sewing assistant, too. 1/27/07 7:17 AM
Harriet Rogers said... Irina, as usual, another stunning creation. I'm amazed that light weight denim worked so well on this pattern: the envelope picture looks like a much drapier (word??) fabric. Thanks for review and enjoy your great jacket. 1/27/07 11:20 AM
OP Gal said... Stunning jacket! Your fabric warmer is adorable. 1/27/07 11:24 AM
Sharon M said... What a great jacket on you. IMHO, its much better than the cover photo. 1/27/07 11:59 AM
DebJ said... Wonderful jacket Irina! I wouldn't have thought of this combination. You look great in it! I agree you should model for Vogue! 1/27/07 12:59 PM
Lisette said... Lovely jacket! I have the same fabric made into capris. 1/27/07 2:19 PM
BeckyC said... Oh, Irina, this is a fabulous jacket on you! You look great in it and the fabric is awesome! 1/27/07 9:20 PM
Ingiepops said... Like you I loved this pattern the minute I saw it, can't wait until it's on sale here. The fabric colour looks great on you. And I love your sewing assistant, mine covers my stuff with white hairs! 1/29/07 5:44 AM
hongkongshopper said... Irina, it looks great! 1/29/07 5:51 AM
Puddin Pop said... Very cute and different jacket. I think your assistant is soo cute! 1/29/07 11:30 AM
Puddin Pop said... Very cute and different jacket. I think your assistant is soo cute! 1/29/07 11:31 AM
AnneM said... I love your sewing assistant! Great jacket, great style, and it looks great on you. 1/29/07 11:37 AM
Ciclista said... Thanks Irina for the review - I always have to lengthen patterns and I will have to think about how to handle that flounce as well. BTW - I have 3 "sewing assistances" and it's a special day when the four of us get to spend a whole day in the sewing room. 1/30/07 1:01 PM
Modiste Madness said... This is wonderful on you. I like it better than the pattern phote. 2/2/07 3:22 PM
ColleenS said... Love your jacket, it looks great on you. 2/3/07 10:08 AM
Lhan said... This is wonderful! The pattern and the fabric complement one another beautifully, and it suits your lovely figure. A winner! 2/16/07 8:10 PM
fryman said... I also found this jacket pattern to have classic flair. I will follow your suggestion and look for a solid color fabric of high quality. I also think this could make up fancy or plain. Your jacket is beautiful! 3/22/08 1:36 PM
Sew'n'go said... Lovely. Somehow I missed this pattern.
8/20/08 1:14 PM
SewPie said... Really beautiful job. Thanks SO MUCH for the corrections to the pattern - as a new sewer, these would have confused me. 3/21/09 11:04 PM
I love the tall collar in the back view. This looks great on you!
1/26/07 1:57 PM
Beautiful!
1/26/07 2:17 PM
Cute jacket and I love the fabric AND the sewing assistant!!
1/26/07 2:20 PM
OMG, what a beautiful jacket--it looks fabulous on you. I had to buy this pattern because of all the rave reviews and now I can't wait to make it. Thanks for this wonderful review. Your sewing assistant is adorable.
1/26/07 2:22 PM
This looks terrific. I love the collar and the color on you.
1/26/07 2:23 PM
Great job as usual. I'm impressed you could get that fabric to work so well with that wavy collar!
1/26/07 2:27 PM
great looking jacket. I've been eyeing this pattern. I esp like the look of the collar turned up in back and open on you.
1/26/07 2:41 PM
This jacket is very special. I still marvel at the ease with which you alter patterns to get the perfect fit.
1/26/07 2:55 PM
What a cool looking jacket and, as usual, your reviews are always wonderful
1/26/07 3:05 PM
LOVELY!! I like your sewing assistant too!
1/26/07 3:15 PM
Beautiful jacket, and I love the fabric.
1/26/07 3:25 PM
Both your jacket and sewing assistant are gorgeous :)
1/26/07 4:01 PM
I could not have imagined this in a print, but you pull it off nicely.
1/26/07 4:07 PM
Irina, you should model for Vogue--the jacket is lovely, and you'd never know it has dropped shoulders. I also like your "assistant!"
1/26/07 4:12 PM
Beautiful jacket!
1/26/07 4:39 PM
Nice jacket.
1/26/07 5:19 PM
Lovely as usual - have this pattern - looked at it today and put it aside. Just not too sure it's for me but will try so,eday - yours as said is lovely!!
1/26/07 5:47 PM
Simply, beautiful!
1/26/07 6:25 PM
great looking jacket
1/26/07 6:35 PM
Wow..Great jacket. Looks fabulous in this print as well
1/26/07 6:52 PM
That colour is very becoming on you. Love the jacket and the sewing assistant. He looks rather bored though. I think you should sew something with ribbon next.
1/26/07 7:21 PM
Beautiful jacket. You did a great job and all that help from your assistant shows.
1/26/07 7:28 PM
What a fun jacket - the combination of print and pattern is very successful. This is the best part of sewing!
1/26/07 7:39 PM
What a fun jacket. That collar makes it extra special.
1/26/07 9:12 PM
I love the fabric you made this out of and it looks super on you. I agree you would not know it had a dropped shoulder. Why is it that cats insist on laying on the opject you are working on???
1/26/07 10:46 PM
Beautiful! Thank you for the review.
1/26/07 11:48 PM
It's a beauty! The fabric is perfect, and the jacket looks great. Love the photo of your calico sewing assistant, too.
1/27/07 7:17 AM
Irina, as usual, another stunning creation. I'm amazed that light weight denim worked so well on this pattern: the envelope picture looks like a much drapier (word??) fabric. Thanks for review and enjoy your great jacket.
1/27/07 11:20 AM
Stunning jacket! Your fabric warmer is adorable.
1/27/07 11:24 AM
What a great jacket on you. IMHO, its much better than the cover photo.
1/27/07 11:59 AM
Wonderful jacket Irina! I wouldn't have thought of this combination. You look great in it! I agree you should model for Vogue!
1/27/07 12:59 PM
Lovely jacket! I have the same fabric made into capris.
1/27/07 2:19 PM
Oh, Irina, this is a fabulous jacket on you! You look great in it and the fabric is awesome!
1/27/07 9:20 PM
Like you I loved this pattern the minute I saw it, can't wait until it's on sale here. The fabric colour looks great on you. And I love your sewing assistant, mine covers my stuff with white hairs!
1/29/07 5:44 AM
Irina, it looks great!
1/29/07 5:51 AM
Very cute and different jacket. I think your assistant is soo cute!
1/29/07 11:30 AM
Very cute and different jacket. I think your assistant is soo cute!
1/29/07 11:31 AM
I love your sewing assistant! Great jacket, great style, and it looks great on you.
1/29/07 11:37 AM
Thanks Irina for the review - I always have to lengthen patterns and I will have to think about how to handle that flounce as well. BTW - I have 3 "sewing assistances" and it's a special day when the four of us get to spend a whole day in the sewing room.
1/30/07 1:01 PM
This is wonderful on you. I like it better than the pattern phote.
2/2/07 3:22 PM
Love your jacket, it looks great on you.
2/3/07 10:08 AM
This is wonderful! The pattern and the fabric complement one another beautifully, and it suits your lovely figure. A winner!
2/16/07 8:10 PM
I also found this jacket pattern to have classic flair. I will follow your suggestion and look for a solid color fabric of high quality. I also think this could make up fancy or plain. Your jacket is beautiful!
3/22/08 1:36 PM
Lovely. Somehow I missed this pattern.
8/20/08 1:14 PM
Really beautiful job. Thanks SO MUCH for the corrections to the pattern - as a new sewer, these would have confused me.
3/21/09 11:04 PM