This is one yellow jacket that I am not annoyed by! I used most of the remaining cotton sheet left over after my recent Simplicity 9115 makes to whip up this cute little bolero jacket from an 80s pattern.
This Butterick 4969Butterick 4969 is from the late 80s by my best guess. I bought it for this jacket pattern; it's unlikely I will make a sundress.
Then it was just on to hemming! The pattern suggests a blind hem & I did think it would look nicer with the clean edges of this little jacket. So I got out my blind hem foot & hemmed both the bottom & sleeve hems. I had to unpick the first bit as I made a bit of a mess until I got back into the rhythm of this foot.
I really like the look & the fit of this little piece. It goes well with my recent Burda dress & I am sure that other items in my wardrobe will match up too. That's pretty much the end of my big yellow sheet now!
That's funny! I liked the jacket and meant to make it, but never got around to it. But I made the dress and really liked it. It was easy, I used a blue flowery rayon (it was the 80s..), and it looked great. I can't encourage you enough to try it too 😉
ReplyDeleteHa! That's great. I don't like my shoulders showing (weird I know) so probably won't make the dress unless I'm wearing the jacket too ;) But this pattern really holds up!
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