More on the Marcy Tilton jacket

Since Marcy's Vogue 8430 pattern is meant to be used with boiled wool, the edges are supposed to be left raw, but that doesn't work as well with the thinner, lighter sweatshirt fleece that I used so I'm  trying to figure out what to do to finish the edges of my new white jacket. 

I was thinking I might go around the outside edges with a blanket stitch, using the same off-white thread I used to construct the rest of the jacket with, but think I'll just try that on the back hem to start with, in case it makes the jacket too stiff, because its current drapeability (if that is a word!) is a large part of what appeals to me about this top.

I also plan to add pin tucks to the back neck since that will hopefully made it less wide and also help it stand up as it would if made from a fabric like boiled wool, but don't think I want to add decorative stitches anywhere else since I kind of like its plainness, esp. since a plain white jacket would go with a lot of different things.

First attempt at a blog, but I wanted to share the garment I made for the Make a Garment a Month challenge and this was the only way I could figure out how to do that, if this works!

The theme for Feb. was winter and since in upstate NY that means lots of white and gray, as well as a need for warm clothing, I made a pair of pants from some old gray sweatshirt fleece and a pants pattern which I made with the great Sure Fit Design system. This is my third attempt to perfect this pattern, so this is yet another muslin, but I'm getting closer to the fit I'd like.

My top is also made from old sweatshirt fleece, using Marcy Tilton's Vogue 8430 pattern with the cutting lines chosen by comparing it to my Sure Fit bodice. This is a pattern that's less fitted than I normally wear but it feels nice and cozy, esp. since it's made from sweatshirt fleece, and I love the way the collar drapes when made from this lightweight fabric. Boiled wool, as the pattern recommends, would have been even warmer, though, so I may also make a jacket out of some of that fabric now that I have completed this sweatshirt "muslin", provided I can find the pieces of boiled wool that I know I have in my stash somewhere.

My entry may be kind of late, but this is actually early for me since I often don't finish things until the deadline arrives, however now I can get started on an entry for the March challenge, using Louise Cutting's By Popular Demand pattern so I have something to model when she visits our ASG in April!