Ellen's Sewing Passion

I bought a Japanese pattern book when I visited Japan last time, but unfortunately it has not been used until now because I thought it looked very difficult. At first, it was hard to find the right lines when I was trying to draw the pattern, but all of a sudden I managed, so I decided to try this jacket pattern.    I started with stitching the front parts together. The back is gathered at the lower mid-part. I made the pockets with lining. - and the pockets are stitched to the front parts. The front and back part are stitched together. I made a lining for the jacket. This is the most difficult part, to stitch the collar together. I also decided to stitch a ribbon arond the collar and the sleeves. I'm sure this will be one of my favorite jackets :) At the end, I stitched a ribbon at the hem as well, like the japanese pattern. I had to cut away the seam allowance before stitching ribbon around the collar.   I found this nice buttons in my stash that I thought was perf...

I found some interesting dress patterns from an older BurdaStyle magazine.  This is one that I wanted to try. I have lengthened the pattern since the dress was only 48 cm from the waist. The front part has princess seams and the back part has open parts between strips. At first I stitched the princess seams in place. I stitched the parts for the opening at the back together. Then I stitched them to the opening at the back, - and I stitched the back facing in place. I have to make button holes and sew buttons at the end. I stitched the facing for the front in place, before stitching the shoulders together. The pocket flaps are stitched and the seams are iron in place. The pockets are attached to the front panel. The zipper is sewn at the left side, and then the right side seams are sewn together. The buttons are in place :) I hand stitched the hem and the slits as a finish.  BurdaStyle pattern #101 07/97