Quilt Show

There was a quilting/stìtching show in my home town this weekend and mum and I went along.   Mum bought three pieces of fabric for garments, and a variety of quilting fabrics for her charity quilts.  I bought only three fabrics, but as you can see, one was totally fabulous.  This fabulous turquoise boiled wool, was purchased for the  absolutely bargainous price of £10 per metre.  Yes  readers,  you did read that correctly.  I bought 100% wool, boiled wool, in this fabulous colour, for that price.  It had been in the sun and the fold was badly faded, hence the huge reduction.  However, the jacket I want to make has lots of narrow pieces and I got an extra half metre so I am pretty sure I can cut around the fold.  I think the jacket has a back seam.. if it doesn't then its about to get one.  I was seriously pleased with my fabric, and even more pleased with my cunning plan, which is to bind the edges with the cotton batik print shown with the fabric.  I got the bias making gadget at the same time, choosing the widest which is 25mm.   I just need buttons and thread, and I'll have a pure wool jacket for under £40 (assuming I don't buy super amazing buttons that cost more than the fabric like I did last time).

The only other item I bought was 1.5m of plain black anti-pill fleece, the cheap kind, for testing a pattern that I altered today, Marfy 088, shown below.  I'd originally planned to put sleeves in once I'd got it fitted and actually thought the pattern would make a very smart fitted hoodie with sleeves in.   I've just spent the afternoon altering the tissue and to check the fit, I pinned the tissue and put it on Twiggy the dress form.  The armholes seem awfully low/large.  However, there is a pattern piece for the fur trim which I didn't add to the pinned tissue because I had assumed the fur was decorative and not integral to the construction.  I've just held it up to the tissue and it does look as though it might be needed to make the armhole the right size.  Which will complicate the whole "adding sleeves" plan considerably, not least because the fur trim piece extends the armhole slightly.  I'm still not totally sure but I'm leaning toward "integral to the design" and will add it to the muslin I think.  Though not in fur!! 

Now that I've got the pattern altered, and the amended tissue pinned to the dress form.. I'm not sure if I have the fit quite right.  And I'm not sure if its a touch too long.  So it is going to sit on the dress form for a day or so, whilst I think about whether it needs further surgery prior to being cut out.