Vogue 8398 and Ottobre skirt

Here is a nice "arty" photo of me in the skirt and jacket taken by Sofie. I have a RTW cami underneath. I had photos with the top in and out. Out looks better but you can see the skirt better in.

The jacket fabric is quite stiff and does not want to play nice. The shoulders could be better. But its "good enough" especially for a casual jacket.

I don't have time to blog about the skirt today other than to say it is from Ottobre 5/2007 but modified to make it fuller. I am off now to our PatternReview get together dinner but I will be changing first - it is a bit chilly tonight. Tomorrow is supposed to be hot so I may swap the shoes for flats and wear the outfit on our shopping trip.

Enjoy the weekend everyone!

Vogue 8398 - finished

My green version of Vogue 8398 is finished! I made the uncollared version and top stitched with the triple stitch in black. I was going to use green but changed my mind at the last minute. This is the first time I have used this stitch and am pretty happy with how it turned out.

I changed the order of instructions. The pattern has you sew the under and upper seams of the sleeves before attaching to the body of the jacket. I decided to just sew the under seam and then attach to the body. This way I could pin fit the sleeves to the shape of my shoulders.
To help reduce the extra fabric in the back of the sleeve that I had in the muslin, I pinned the seam of the sleeve a little bit deeper.

I also sewed up the matching skirt today but still need to hem it. I will post about that another day. But here is a picture of the top of the skirt with the matching binding on the inside of the jacket.

Vogue 2984 - 3

Photos after a day at work. Well I think the skirt looks a bit frumpy and it did not pass the wearability factor - my shirt kept coming out all day. I think I will take in the side seams to bring it up higher on my waist. The best thing was it felt very luxurious knowing how nicely I had finished the inside. Also the fabric has a really smart crisp feel to it and went really well with the HK jacket.

So I was really the Hong Kong Shopper with this outfit! Suit jacket - made for me in HK, shirt also made to measure in HK, skirt fabric from HK and accessories also from HK! Here is a close up of the shoes. They are actually Italian but purchased in HK - very international! The shoes are leather with the trim and bow in suede - nice~


Finally, thank you for your feedback on the seams and how you go about sewing and neatening (previous post). They all sound good and I will give each a try depending on what I am doing.