Girl Can Sew

My original plan after making The Raincoat was to do a simple make but apparently, my creativity had other plans! I saw New CraftHouse were launching some new fabrics, so I always like to see what they’ve got and when I saw this magenta foiled denim, I had to get it! It’s so unique and special I couldn’t let it go. Then I just had to figure out what to make with it so I started brainstorming what garments do we typically make with denim? Jeans, skirts, and jackets! This fabric is quite a heavyweight with no stretch, so I knew it had to be a jacket and I already had the Steve Jean Jacket pattern which I’d made up in corduroy previously . Now I thought, with a funky fabric such as this it’s important that the shape is equally as cool so to update it a bit I decided to make it a cropped length. To do this I put on my corduroy version and decided where I wanted the jacket to finish then measured and remove this section from the pattern. An issue I didn’t initially anticipate was that...

Hey Sewers! I'm really excited this week to bring you my version of the ex Topshop fabric bomber jacket. I bought this fabric on Goldhawk Road just because it was so unusual! I mean what are these fluffy patches? Some look like liquirice allsorts, some look like flowers, either way it's hilarious! I don't think this fabric could have been made into anything other than a snugly bomber jacket. I used the Greenstyle Creations, Midway Bomber Jacket pattern . It has an optional lining, welt pockets and ribbed neck band, cuffs and waist. I lined it with a black ponte roma from the same shop and bought the ribbing at the The Knitting and Stitching Show. The zip is from Minerva crafts . I chose not to use an interlining because the lining was already quite heavy and I was concerned that adding the interlining would make the jacket fit very tight and I would struggle to sew through all the layers especially with the welt pockets and the zip. I had heard people had stru...

Hello! Welcome to this weeks pattern review for StyleArc's Steve Jean Jacket . This is a classic oversized jean jacket pattern with all the bells and whistles you would expect including: welt pockets, sleeve vents, patch pockets and lots of topstitching! Inspired by some images I saw on Pinterest  I decided to make this jacket in pink corduroy which I bought from Fabric Land  and lined it with faux shearling from Hobby Craft  apart from the sleeves which I lined with a normal white cotton. I finished it off with bronze jean buttons from Minerva Crafts. I am really happy with how this make turned out, it is exactly as I imagined and I don't think I would do anything differently. I think I might make another version in camel coloured corduroy with silver buttons or just a normal denim version. The pattern it self is really well drafted and all the pieces fit together perfectly and create that signature oversized shape. However, the instructions were not very easy...