Just spent a couple hours over at Stitches, working on the jacket. It’s taking longer than I expected it would, but I haven’t been pushing very hard. I made my last few outfits for specific events, so there were deadlines to meet, but with this one I’m just trying to expand my skills. As a result I’ve been puttering away on it, an hour or two at a time. It’s fun, though, and I can feel those little neural connections forming as I work.

Today I finished sewing in the sleeves. I also used a pair of pinking shears to trim the inner seams, which will hopefully stop the corduroy from shedding fuzzies all over my shirt. Finally I sewed on the collar. It turned out that I followed the collarless “A” version directions when putting the body of the jacket together, instead of the “B” version, so I had to rip out the top seam and re-sew it with the collar in place. It didn’t take long, though, and now I’ve learned something new.

I think another two hours will do it. I have to finish the hems, which I’m going to trim with more of the burgundy fabric, then make buttonholes and sew on the buttons.