Woolish gray plantain

I had in my stage less more than 1 meter of this woolish thing.  I do not even remember if I bought it or if the vendor gave it to me for free.

As I am trying desperatly to use up my growing stash I decided to whip up a plantain shirt.

It turned out fine but obviously I did not have enogh fabric left for a neck band.

Luckly in my last adventure in one of my usual stores I fond out the perfect match to finish it out.

I know.... the hem it is a bit weavy but as long it is soo soft and so warmish I will give it a good use.

Minoru jacket

 This was a great pattern, I was very pleased to work with it.

 I had the change to put my hands on a beautiful tech-fabric in a quite wearable color.

 For the lining I looked for something with a bit of color and I found this poly satin, very drapey and slippery. What a pain to cut and to sew it up! I used a french seam for the lining because this fabric frays like crazy!

I modified the pattern doing a FBA, and removing the shoulder shirring. 

There is a Hoodie too bu the fabric I chose it is way too soft and it turned out not very functional.

My first plan was to skip the pocket inside and sew a pair of insean pockets on the hip sides like here : https://sew-well.com/2012/01/26/minoru-sew-along-side-seam-pocket-tutorial/.

It was a bad move as the lower pocket was about to be caught in the hem....

The  solution I chose was to remove that hanging thing and draft a single lip welt pocket. 

It is my first pair and I am pretty satisfied with the result.

I wore the jacket on saturday (very sunny day) for the flea market, and I find it cozy and nice.

Anyway it is too light for the winter weather, and I put it in the closet waiting for the spring.

Polly top.....time flies

I still remembre the effort done to try whip up a Polly top in a very light, slidy and soft chiffon poly fabric..... So happy and realieved and satisfied when I switch to a stable knit and lace. This was the result. I stille wear it proudly.

Polly top