Vogue 8259

I want to thank you all for the very nice comments on my jacket.

Faye I'm honestly not sure how long it actually took me to make this jacket. I know I really should keep track but I never think of it. If I were to roughly add up the time I'd say it would have taken me no more than a week. (We are selling our house and buying another house and unfortunately that has taken priority over my sewing time. I'm not too upset over all this though because it will all be worth it when we are settled again in our new location.)

I know when I read other people's blogs, I like to see them wearing their finished garment, so I wanted to post a picture today of me wearing my jacket.. I didn't have a photographer handy though and had to do this task myself! Not very professional ....and approx 100 pictures later....this is actually kind of funny......I think I need to get a tripod :)

Vogue 8259 - Completed

I'm thrilled to finally have this jacket done. I love it. It is so comfortable and I love the fit. The time I took to make the sway back alterations on the muslin paid off. I think this is the best fitting jacket I made so far.

Pattern Review- Jacket Vogue 8259:

Pattern Description:

MISSES’/MISSES’ PETITE JACKET:

Semi-fitted, partially interfaced, lined jacket, below waist has princess seams (no side seams), stand collar, patch pockets, long three-piece sleeves with buttoned vents and purchased trim. A: couture construction techniques, quilting details, contrast front and sleeve facings, collar lining.

Pattern Sizing:

SIZES

- 6

8

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22

Did it look like the photo/drawing on the pattern envelope once you were done sewing with it?

The outside of the jacket did look like the model on the envelope. I made View B and made some changes from this view, but overall yes it looked like the pattern should.

Were the instructions easy to follow?

The instructions were very well written. There are "Claires Hints" all thru the pattern. I've done most of the couture techniques in this pattern however the sleeve method was new to me. I loved the construction of the sleeve/cuff. One construction step that was a little confusing was attaching the sleeve/lining to the jacket. I could not wrap my head around these instructions (step #41 & 42), so I just did it my way. (It just appeared that the steps were reversed. Even in reversing the steps it was awkward setting the sleeve lining in, but I did it.)

What did you particularly like or dislike about the pattern?

I love the style. The fit is the best I've made so far. I love the sleeve/cuffs.

Cuff Inside view

Fabric Used:

Bouclé, and satin back crepe for the lining.

Bound Button hole

Pattern Alterations or any design changes you made.

• 1- I made a sway back adjustment and I took in pretty much every seam. I could have made a size smaller.

• 2-I underlined every piece with fusible knit tricot interfacing and also added hair canvas to the front and did pad-stitching to the front pieces.

• 3- I made bound buttonholes. My fabric was a very loose bouclé and I had some trouble with the buttonholes. I made my test buttonholes and the fabric was fraying /tearing around the buttonhole stitches. (Making the bound buttonholes with organza and using a 1.5 stitch worked great)

• 4- I made a front facing

• 5- I added a chain to the hem.

Padstitching

Would you sew it again? Would you recommend it to others?

I definitely will sew it again. Next time making View A with the quilted lining. I definitely recommend this pattern.

Conclusion. This is a great Claire Schaeffer pattern.

Final inspection

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My newest Sewing Room Notion

My husband and daughter saw this shoe tape dispenser at our local Staples store- and they thought it would be just too perfect for my sewing room...... I love it!

I'm very"slowly" making progress on my Vogue 8259 jacket .

Pieces are all interfaced.......pad stitching done ....

and pockets ready to be hand sewn on.

I hope to get more done tomorrow. It will be nice to finish this jacket so I can start on summer clothes....like this one of many I want to make.....

from Patrones #278. There are so many beautiful patterns in this issue.

(Thank you so much Paco).

I'm happy to say that my Jalie patterns have been shipped. They were not supposed to be released till Mar 24th, but I got my shipping notice on the 19th :) For those not familiar with Jalie, when you order (from their site), 3 patterns you receive a fourth free. I ordered three new patterns and my fourth I chose the pants patterm # 2107 for my husband. I also ordered my stretch denim from Fabric.com for the jeans pattern #2908.

....and last but not least, a picture of my "boys" keeping me company in my sewing room! Bradley happy as can be sleeping very comfortably on Duncan.

Vogue 8259 - Trims & Buttons -Blues

** Thank you so much Birgitte, Anne, Lindsay and Paco for your help and offers. I truly appreciate your thoughtfulness :)

After yesterday's post, I've been playing around - allot - with the white trim and also making trim from the bouclé fabric, however I didn't come up with anything I liked.

I had these buttons and trim for another project, and when I tried them with this blue/white bouclé fabric, well I kind-a like it :)

The trim is a variegated color that actually blends very nicely. When the light reflects on the buttons, the blue of the bouclé fabric comes out in the buttons!

The buttons look goldish in the picture (on my screen), however they are actually an antiqued looking silver.

Fabric,trim and buttons all seem to just fit together! I'm happy. Now I can carry on :)

Blue/ White Bouclé Jacket- Vogue 8259 - Trim & Buttons & Claire Shaeffer CD

I finally found some trim and buttons today.....but I must say I'm not totally thrilled with my find....but it was what I could find. I really only have the "one" place to go to, to choose trims and buttons, and although it is pretty good most times, it definitely is not like Lindsay's go to places in NYC's Garment District :)

I was truly hoping to find trim to match the blue in my fabric, but that was just not happening! So I'm a little disappointed - but white trim and buttons was just my only way to go! Hoping when all is done it will look beautiful!!

I'm leaning to the #1 choice, but will decide when the time comes to apply the trim.

#1

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I thought I'd share this information because I know there are some of you,just like me, who are patiently waiting for this CD:

Behind The Seams: The Shaeffer Collection Volume One: CHANEL -

I emailed David Coffin today asking when the CD would be available to purchase and from where, and this is what he wrote back:

I'm sorry this has been delayed, but it WILL soon be available. It's essentially done and just needs some details tweaked so that Claire and I are completely happy with it, which we're working on as we speak. Claire will be selling it, and I'm sending her a copy of this so you can get on her announce list. She's here:

sewfari@earthlink.net

(It's a CD-ROM, btw; not a DVD; amazingly, it all fits on a CD!)

Thanks for asking, we're hard at work!

Best,

David Coffin

I didn't realize there was an announce list, might be a good idea to get your name on this list :)

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Blue/ White Bouclé Jacket- Vogue 8259

I have been slowly getting thru my little fitting marathon with this jacket! Luckily they are not major adjustments, just time consuming, with allot of pinning/unpinning and trying the muslin on...... and off..............to get that perfect fit!The back was mainly the problem area.

The jacket back has 2 pieces, main back piece and a side back. This gave me lots of seams to adjust the fit, but I did end up making adjustments on pretty much every seam, front and back!

There was way to much fabric at the lower back and mid back. I made a double sway back adjustment, which were two dart-tucks tapering to nothing at side seams. This adjustment made the back hem pull up, so when I transferred all the adjustments to my paper pattern I added length to the back and straightened the grain line.

I also had to take in the center back, side seams and front seams (under the bust only).

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* I made a 2nd muslin, no sleeves, to confirm that the adjustments were alright.

I was happy with the fit.

There is still some minor tweaking that needs to be done, but I'll make those on the fabric.