Betty Surprenant made her Fit for You Jacket from an upholstery fabric.

She used a bright red fabric for the facing for a nice contrast. Betty did a

great job of planning where the different blocks would end up before she cut.

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Made from Italian 100% cotton shirting fabric fromVogue fabrics, (very reasonable) I chevroned and matched at the front center, side seams, and back along with a dominant armsyce

stripe. I added 4" of additional length, side vents and a mandarian collar which she has add-on instructions for. I made it for a class on Fabric Facts I taught last month to show how you can take a light weight cotton add

interfacing to the body and turn it into a spectacular jacket. Manipulating stripes can be both visually interesting and very slimming.

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Laura Davidson made the Jacket Fit for You pattern reversible. One side is a quilters cotton, the

other is black linen. She put a fold over trim on all the edges and she has a different look by folding

The jacket below Larua made from a beautiful textured cotton print. Hook and eye

tape was used for the front closure. Jacket #6 entry in 2007 challenge.

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I got the fabric at the Houston Quilt Festival. It's black with lime green stitched embroidery all over.

I didn't line it but instead finished the seam edges with lime bias and inserted 1/4 inch bias around

the collar and front edges (not piping). Then I made a single loop closure with a one inch lime

green button (sewed on with black ribbon floss) at the waist. Entry #1 in our 2007Jacket Challenge.

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Laura Osbun ~ Laura is a Jacket Junky Designer and below is what she produced from the

"Adding Yokes" class. On the left is the picture she drew as the plan. Her jacket turned out with a wonderful

collage of fabric colors with all kinds of threads and stitching on it. What a beautiful and creative job

she did! Laura has proven that her art background can also be utilized into clothing - she is wearing

a piece of her artwork and everyone can view it without going to a gallery!

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made this fully lined, white linen blend jacket during our class time on the first Thursday

of the month. Nancy did a beautiful job edge stitching around the collar. She chose

the perfect interfacing to keep a good hand to the fabric and a lining that

worked well with the white so other color don't shadow through. These are very important

decisions in helping to have a successful finished garment. She has worn her classic shirt

style jacket proudly many places and plans to model it in our American Sewing Guild

Nancy made the front back and sleeves of the jacket below from moleskin suede.

The facing is an upholstery fabric which has been turned to the top side of the jacket.

A corded trim outlines the facing in front and back and also is set into the sleeve seam. This was

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Ginny Hughes is from Baton Rouge Louisiana. After taking a fitting class

with Laura Davidson she made this fabulous "Fit for You Jacket" from a light weight denim,

the cuffs and pockets are rayon with ready made black piping around the neck

opening and on the top of the cuffs, and she used an outerwear zipper. Ginny

used some oriental designs for the embroidery and monogrammed her name

on the front of the jacket. She shared with me that she loves machine embroidery

and has sewn many things but this is the first garment she has made for herself

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Flora Boren made the Fit For You Jacket pictured below with 7 different bright colored fabrics. She used a muslin base and placed raw edged strips side by side and decorative stitched them down the center. She found a fabulous fringed trim that had all the colors in the jacket strips and she added it around the front, bottom and sleeves.

Flora made the patriotic short sleeve jacket below the same way and appliqued stars and

Flora made the jacket below with several types of denim strips. Embroidery and

decorative stitch are used for dramatic embellishment. This was entry #7 in the jacket challenge.

Here is Flora in another "Fit for You" Jacket. This one has a contrasting shirt collar and facing.

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Laura Davidson made this beautiful brown and turquoises jacket below

from home dec. cotton. Lined in silk. Trimmed and piped with bias wool.

Viann Hermann made this beautiful jacket from a boarder print that was originally a skirt.

The sleeves are a different fabric. It is quilted with a wavy line in variegated

thread on the top part and the scene is embellished with beads and threads.

in the home dec. department at the fabric store. She utilized the dart

options and also did a special mitered edge on the collar from Roberta

Jean Gribi made the jacket below from a textured denim and placed a

beautiful monogrammed pocket inside the jacket lining. The pretty bright pink

lining accents the turned up sleeve Jean sprinkled Swarovski® crystals in a

Nancy Darnell made her jacket pictured below from a white a thin striped fabric. Nancy used

a decorative stitch down the front following the thin line on the strip.

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