Chanel Inspired Jacket - Day 6

Make buttonholes by hand  and sew on buttons.

Hand sew weight chain to hem of jacket.

Set in sleeve, take care not to catch the lining. Fold up lining, pin and tack in place. Make small pleats at sleeve head to accommodate excess lining. Hand sew in place.

Chanel Inspired Jacket - Day 5

Join under sleeve seams and attach gros-grain to right side of Tweed.

Carefully attach lining to underflap of sleeve.

Cut and interface pocket pieces according to pattern instructions. Hand sew lining to the back and attach pocket to jacket fronts.

Attach gros-grain tape to neck and front and edge stitch in place.

Hem neck and fronts and hand sew lining close to jacket edge.

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Chanel Inspired Jacket - Day 4

Qulting
Quilt lining to shell fabric

Join side back seams
Match, tack and stitch side back seams; press open with steam.

Hand sew lining seams in place.

Join centre front piece with side piece, matching pattern carefully.

Sleeve details
Join lining seams and tack into sleeve.

Quilt lining to shell fabric as shown.

Hand sew lining to sleeve opening.

Chanel Inspired Jacket - Day 3

Join lining pieces
Join pieces and tack to shell fabric

Joining sleeve seams
Join undersleeve seamd matching fabric pattern perfectly

 Add muslin to sleeve
Cut interlining from muslin on the bias and tack to bottom of sleeve.

Stitch gros-grain tape to sleeve
Tack gros-grain tape to bottom edge of sleeve with mitred corrners and carefully machine stitch in place.

Add braid to gros-grain
Tack and hand sew gros-grain on top of grosgrain tape.

Chanel Inspired Jacket - Day 3

Stitching on stay tape
Tack stay tape to both front pieces and carefully handstitch in place.

Joining front pieces
Join front and side front pieces matching Tweed pattern perfectly.

Chanel Inspired Jacket - Day 2

Cut out lining

Cut out lining adding a bit extra for seams and movement.

Tack lining to shell

Place lining wrong side to wrong side on the shell and tack carefully.

Quilting

Quilt lining to shell using a walking foot. Use large stitches and sew in the groove of the Tweed.

Join backs to sides

Join back and side back seams, matching fabric pattern perfectly.

Tape front edge

Baste muslin to centre front including stay tape as shown. Hand stitch tape to seam line.