Lavender Tweed Jacket

 

Lavender tweed jacket

     I made myself this jacket from fabric I bought while at the ASG conference in San Francisco in 2024.  I bought it at Discount Fabrics.  The pattern I used was Capri Jacket by Textile Studio.  I like how it fits plus it is easy to sew.  See here, here, here, here, here, here and here for all the different jackets I have made using this pattern.  I think I still have three of them.

Fusing on the interfacing

     I didn't know the fabric content of this piece so I decided to just wash it in hot water and dry it.  I figured that would then make the jacket washable.  The washing however didn't soften up the fabric much.  I found it to be quite itchy still.  Since this pattern doesn't call for lining, I fused a soft, knit stabilizer/interfacing to the back of the fabric.  This makes it nice and soft against my skin.

Back of the jacket

     The construction of the jacket was then straight forward.  I didn't make any changes to it except for one.  I lost the back facing piece when I was cutting out the fabric.  I drafted a new one and of course when I cleaned up my sewing studio after finishing the jacket, I found my missing piece.  😀

Button detail

     I found buttons in my stash that went well with the fabric.  Even though I have gotten rid of a lot of my buttons, I did still have something that matched.

Shoulder detail

     The pattern calls for shoulder pads.  At first I thought I would not do them but when I tried on the jacket, it just didn't hang correctly.  So I added the shoulder pads.  I sewed them in place by stitching in the ditch on the shoulder seam.  

Pattern

     I think that makes about at least 8 different jackets I have made from this pattern.  I don't know if you saw then hanging side by side you would even know.