Wembley Cardigan

I am in a hurry, trying to whip up as many winter clothes I can before the spring explodes.

What I am really managing to do it is to try sewing patterns unused until now; I study and fit and true them. In this way they will be ready for the next cold season.

This Wembley cardigan is made out of some scraps of a jaquard fabric and a ponte knit. Actually the sleeves are too thight so in the next version they will be fixed.

anyway it is wearable......

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.