Thursday, September 3, 2009

Chanel or bust


Hello! I'm new here...and to blogger, so I thought I'd introduce myself. I'm Jane S from Baltimore and Naples, FL. Yes, I'm a snowbird, one of the luckiest people on the planet. I love sewing, hate typing, love reading...so I'm mostly a lurker on many people's blogs and sewing sites. When I saw this sew along via Sigrid's blog I was very intigued. I've taken the stich and flip class on Patternreview from Shannon Gifford and made a quick faux Chanel jacket. I was considering the longer Susan Khalje guided version. One challenge for me is that I have fairly severe scoliosis and my right shoulder is extremely lower than my already sloping left shoulder. So I truly need shoulder pads. The jacket in this picture has removable shoulder pads. But it does have that wonderful sweater like feel since I quilted it as well as followed the stitch and flip technique. So I'm eager to join this sew along. I don't have too many local sewing friends who want to tackle a project like this so I appreciate the internet for getting us all together. And I'll probably get more computer and camera/picture savvy as a side benefit.

6 comments:

  1. Welcome Jane S. You jacket is really cute and it definitely has that cardigan look that makes it a wear everywhere piece. BTW we love Naples and have spent several winters there. Who knows maybe we have met!

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  2. Lovely jacket you're wearing, wonderful colors that suit you perfect. Looking forward to see a longer version.

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  3. Your jacket is lovely. Glad you posted and shared it with us blog readers.

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  4. Lovely jacket Jane and your fit is fantastic. Thank you for sharing this with us and I look forward to seeing your longer version.

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  5. Your jacket is lovely. The colors are tremendous!

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  6. Your jacket is gorgeous (colour, cut and style), and you really can't tell about the scoliosis. Thank you for sharing that, I have a slight scoliosis myself and don't have to ajust due to it yet (slight thanks to wearing a medical corset during my teens) but my mum has a more severe one. We both sew, so it's very interesting to see someone else with the same problem!

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