Fractured bargello jacket
11-22-2013, 04:58 AM
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[QUOTE=Froggiey;6416068]YI was making this for my sister. The directions said just use a sweatshirt. The only place I could find one was at Walmart. You could buy another sweatshirt and get your extra fabric from it. They aren't too expensive and it would be a perfect match.
11-22-2013, 05:55 AM
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I was in your shoes last year. I had saved the labels from men's shirts I used in quilting and wanted to sew them randomly on a sweatshirt but. . . ALAS, it was too short. I took left over shirt squares and sewed them along the edge on the diagonal overlapping about 1/3 to 1/2. I didn't finish the edges as it was just an experiment but it turned out great.
What I would do is take two little blocks of each next or continuing bargello print from the line in the jacket above and continue the line down by sewing the 2 blocks right sides together (three sides) to finish the edges. Turn and press then attach each raw edge of each block below the appropriate line. You wouldn't even have to make them even since it's bargello. You could either leave that inside seam along the bottom or bind it inside to finish. That would just continue the bargello effect.
What I would do is take two little blocks of each next or continuing bargello print from the line in the jacket above and continue the line down by sewing the 2 blocks right sides together (three sides) to finish the edges. Turn and press then attach each raw edge of each block below the appropriate line. You wouldn't even have to make them even since it's bargello. You could either leave that inside seam along the bottom or bind it inside to finish. That would just continue the bargello effect.
Last edited by mhollifiel; 11-22-2013 at 05:57 AM.
11-22-2013, 05:57 AM
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I make jackets on sweatshirts and if I want it longer I take a piece of Warm and Natural batting the length I need and butt it up against the bottom of the sweatshirt. A wide zigzag stitch sews them together so that when I cover the shirt it is as long as I need it to be. I do put the hem up to the sweatshirt so as to not expose the batting.
11-22-2013, 11:45 AM
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Have her try it on and go from there. Then Ditto
Originally Posted by MaryMo
Maggiemay .... your jacket is so beautiful! The band around the bottom sets it off perfectly.
Froggiey .... IMHO, finishing your jacket similarly would be a solution to your querry.
Froggiey .... IMHO, finishing your jacket similarly would be a solution to your querry.
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