Making mountains out of .... well, mountains

Here's my front panel piece laying on the table. Yep, that's an FBA in 3D relief. Yep, it's a mountain. It cracked me up so I thought I'd share. ;-)

Only a little progress on the jacket so far. I've been busy running errands and … getting ready for our new pooch. We found him at the county shelter today and he'll be coming home with us tomorrow. Just in time for my sister's visit. We plan things well, don't we?

The new dog will be named Chili — to go with Pepper, naturally. Chili … Pepper. Get it? DS#1's idea. (He being the Red Hot Chili Peppers #1 fan.) Chili is a Jack Russell Terrier, and an incredibly cute happy bundle of dog love. We were planning on another girl dog but he was just too irresistible. We'll pick him up after my sister leaves for her hotel and I'm sure we'll spend the rest of the night settling in with him and reassuring Pepper that she's still our #1 Princess. Both dogs will be recovering from surgery, Pepper from a cyst removal from her forehead and Chili from neutering. It will be a low-key evening. The timing all around could be better, but things have a way of working out so I'm not too worried.

So, back to the jacket. There were no instructions for any interfacing, which I'm assuming is because it's to be made from denim. Since my chosen denim has a bit of Lycra stretch, I decided to interface the undercollar and the front facings/pocket flaps where there will be buttons. This was my set-up yesterday, watching ESPN's morning radio show. Yep, watching (listening to) radio on the TV.


Here's the current status photo and report. The front and back panels are sewn together and topstitched. (The topstitching isn't showing up very well in these nighttime pics.) As you can see, I decided to go with the upper pocket flaps and have sewn them into the yoke seam and then topstitched. I also sewed the lower pockets and flaps into the front peplum seam, which is where I quit tonight. I'll attach both peplum pieces in the morning before my sister arrives. I used the pocket/flap instructions from a Kwik Sew denim jacket pattern so I wouldn't tear my hair out. It was easy-peasy with those. I was actually getting the Burda instructions, but I wasn't agreeing with them. The pocket lining fabric was a Royal Pain, though. Icky slippery poly stuff. Wonder Tape to the rescue, whew! The upper flaps are fake pockets. I would never put anything into an actual pocket there so I left them off.


The temperature is dropping tonight, and I won't have a new jacket to wear tomorrow as planned. Sigh. But dinner has been pushed to Friday night anyway so maybe I'll have it then as I'll have all of tomorrow night and Friday daytime to finish it. We'll see. I'm not going to rush.