A Tisket A Tasket... A Blue Quilted Jacket...

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I am super excited to share with you that my Blue Quilted Jacket was picked from the Sew-Vivor Flickr Pool as a winner!  Just goes to show even if you take awful pictures... A well made garment can speak for itself...(Thank goodness... because I fired the model and the photographer)  You can check it out here, and you should because the actual Sew-vivor winners are amazing! (And they take great pictures)
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SO... I don't know if you've heard... but Rach over at Family Ever After... Has been hosting her Sew-vivor competition(You've got to check it out!).  She has presented her contestants with three different challenges... and I thought it would be fun to play along with this weeks challenge...  Something Quilted...  I have never, ever, ever... Quilted or worked with quilted fabric!  I thought this would be the perfect time try it out...

For my first attempt... I'm pretty pleased...

 
Using my Perfect Fit pattern maker... I drafted out a jacket and shortened it to a cropped length.  Since the quilted fabric I was using was double sided... I decided to bind all the seams in a bright yellow...

Time consuming... yes... but well worth it...

I also made some bias tape out of a striped fabric for the raw edges... If  I was going to cover the seams... I might as well go all the way around!  And I used these lovely yellow vintage buttons...

The fit of the jacket is great, and not as bulky as I thought it might be.  However... taking a decent picture of me in it... nearly impossible...

 Hmm... is that a cobweb in the corner...

 Or... was it that corner?

 Yup... definitely some dust bunnies on the floor...

Surprise! ...Pop of color...

All buttoned up... and apparently my lips are too...

The back view...

 But wait!... I think that might be a ghost of a smile...

So... yes, I think the jacket is a keeper... The model... definitely should keep her day job...
Happy Sewing!
***Jennifer