How to Make an Easy Patchwork Jacket
#21
I'm assuming form the pics that the only sweatshirt ribbing you left in place was around the neck, correct? How did you bind down the front and did you add buttons/zipper? I'd love to see a picture of the finished jacket. Also, did you add a fold-back cuff on end of the sleves or just binding? And I'm assuming the binding around the bottom was just straight binding, correct?
#23
I'm glad you are finding this helpful. I will post more pics of finishing this jacket as I do it. I do have pics of a couple of others I made and I'll add them.
This is the very first jacket I made
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and a more current one
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#26
I have found that if I don't cut up the front before I put the fabric on, it holds the shape better. I cut off the bottom ribbing, sleeve ribbing, and then cut up the side and sleeve. I leave the neck ribbing on until I've finished. I cut the neck ribbing off, as well as cutting up the center front after I've finished all the "patchwork", and put binding on neck, front, and bottom. I usually put a cuff/border on the sleeve so I can turn up the sleeves a little bit. A lady came to our quilt guild and did a workshop on these shirts. On some of them, she left the neck ribbing on, and put the bottom ribbing back on and didn't cut them up the front -- and her husband wears some of them. The ones she showed us were just gorgeous. I'll see if I can find some pictures and post them later.
#30
Originally Posted by brendadawg
I have found that if I don't cut up the front before I put the fabric on, it holds the shape better. I cut off the bottom ribbing, sleeve ribbing, and then cut up the side and sleeve. I leave the neck ribbing on until I've finished. I cut the neck ribbing off, as well as cutting up the center front after I've finished all the "patchwork", and put binding on neck, front, and bottom. I usually put a cuff/border on the sleeve so I can turn up the sleeves a little bit. A lady came to our quilt guild and did a workshop on these shirts. On some of them, she left the neck ribbing on, and put the bottom ribbing back on and didn't cut them up the front -- and her husband wears some of them. The ones she showed us were just gorgeous. I'll see if I can find some pictures and post them later.
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