silky smooth ice blue jacket for my mother

This project was a first in several different ways:
- first time sewing with silk (expensive stuff is not for experimenting, so up to now all my projects have been cotton or other cheaper fabrics
- first time making something for someone else = my mom. She has a different body type, so I could really only depend on the dressform to check the fit
- first time making a jacket, with lining (in contrasting dark blue)
- first time I made a muslin, or a fake version, and that made me a lot less nervous about the whole project. I recommend it, even though it takes extra time. It pays off in the end!
Enough words, now it's time to let the pictures do all the talking:
The jacket pattern is from New Look and bought at Naaipatronen.nl








One of my cats, Ceder, is always "helping" me when I'm laying out fabric.




My sewing machine is a Husqvarna Viking Emerald 116, simple but very strong, accurate and easy to use.




This is the ugly mid-project shot, that shows all the things that are now nicely hidden away.
Here's the finished jacket, inside out, so you can see the lining.








Why am I showing you the lining? Cause it's all done BY HAND!!!! The ridge in the middle is there to make sure the lining is not to tight. Maybe next time I will iron in a nicer pleat......but then again, who's going to see it anyway.
Next is the outside, what it looks like when it's worn.




the side view:




And finally the front




I will try and stretch my budget a bit more for better fabric. Working with silk has made me understand that it makes a huge difference, both in the end result, but it also handles a lot better than for instance the synthetic lining, which as a similar look.
Yesssss, another project is done! I love this jacket, and most importantly: my mom loves it, too! It's a good, easy to make pattern and I'm definitely making another jacket for myself in the near future.