Now, I get to show you why my jacket has been taking forever for me to finish. I stopped working on it to make some Christmas presents, including a bathrobe for my mother-in-law. Materials   She wanted the bathrobe to be in velour, so I decided to make it extra fancy. I found...

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My jacket is now in two main parts. The main jacket and the lining are complete with the main body pieces sewn together and the collars attached. Now, comes the time when I put it all together and it becomes one piece. Something I had to figure out was what order I sew...

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Decisions, decisions.... I'm trying to figure out how I want my jacket waist to adjust. Most women's winter jackets have an adjustable cord and toggle at the waist. However, I wanted my jacket to have the look and feel of a trench coat, but without a long dangling belt. So, I added a...

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I'm getting closer to being finished my winter jacket! I've added the collar pieces to the outside and inside of the jacket. But, before I did that, I had to make a lot of little extras to the collar. Here is the collar on the outside of the jacket. If you look closer,...

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I finally finished one part of my jacket: my hood. The hood itself was fairly complicated. I copied my husband's jacket hood for the shape and some of the features. Here is the wrong side of the hood lining: As you can see, I added facings around the edges in the main fabric...

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I was at an antiques and collectables show a few weeks ago and saw something really cute: a 1940s dollhouse complete with plastic furniture. The house itself is made of cardboard. The furniture was lots of little plastic pieces that look familiar to me. Besides the appliances (see the large stove!), most of...

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One difference between a winter jacket and most other jackets are the armpit vents. These are zippered (or sometimes velcro or snap) openings under the arm of an outer shell jacket to help control how warm you are. Getting too hot can be dangerous, since eventually you sweat and cool through evapouration. Here...

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