Thursday 22 March 2012

A Leopard Minoru Jacket

Guess what? Another garment made out of a leopard print. This time Sewaholic Minoru Jacket.
I joined the sew along and worked for the first time ever with a Sewaholic Pattern. It all went pretty smoothly and I really, really like my new jacket. The fabric is a relatively cheap fleece I bought on ebay last year by mistake. That is right, by mistake. I was looking for stretch leopard print fabric for my Colette Clovers, misread the description and before I knew it I had hit the buy now button. When I received the confirmation email I realised it didn't have stretch but couldn't do anything about it.
I omitted the hood and the inside pocket because the fabric is too thick and a bit of a pain to press. I left it as simple as possible. The lining is a yellow poly something that my future MIL gave me. I have made a sort of pledge to use from stash only so this project achieved that.
I have lots of things to do for Suzy Patterns, including replying to emails. I also have a huge list of blogs to read but I'm quite restricted until Sunday. I have friends visiting from Portugal so I'm spending my evenings chatting, drinking, eating and being merry.

19 comments:

  1. Oh, I love your use of leopard print! And fleece - it looks so cozy! The yellow lining is the perfect pairing :)

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    1. Thank you!! And all from my existing fabric stash :)

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  2. It's lovely, Suzy. It really suits you! Hope we can meet up again in the Spring to have another catch up x

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    1. Definitely! I would say around May time as I'm quite busy now and heading abroad for some holidays as well.

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  3. It looks awesome Suzy - and really suits you!
    Have a great weekend!

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  4. Love, love, love this Suzy! You sure know how to rock a bit of animal print ;o) Enjoy your relaxed weekend with friends, its great to kick back now and again!

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  5. You really inspire me to use leopard print. I am always too shy to go for it but always love other people's leopard print projects. I loved all of yours. This jacket looks very snugly.

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    1. I think you would look wicked gorgeous on a leopard print, go for it!

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  6. You clever thing you! What an inspired fabric choice - it looks totally cool (& cosy!)

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  7. Adorable! I want to live inside your wardrobe and just admire all the pretties. :)

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  8. Fab - looks some how extra cosy 'cos it's in an animal print :)

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  9. Cozy and rock and roll... Perfect combination xx

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  10. It looks great, so very you! And I bet it's really warm too x

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  11. Love this. Featured on Sassy Sewing Bees https://facebook.com/sassysewingbees ❀

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