Sewing: Jacket With Embroidery

The project started when I had some black fabric that I wanted to use. I determined that it was sufficient for a jacket. You might notice that the lining is blue - because that's what I had in my stash at the time that I felt the urge to sew!

But I also have an emboidery machine that needs some exercise.

So I found one of the embroidery patterns in my stash, and selected a cute hummingbird motif.

This is a basic jacket for the office.

• Trace the jacket front on the fabric, and before cutting it out, hoop the fabric and do the embroidery. That way, there are no fabric-less sections in the hoop.
• Cut out the jacket front. If there are going to be fabric-less sections in the hoop, put a layer of stabilizer on both the bottom and the top of the fabric.

This is another subtle form of wearable art, and I had no problem wearing it to the office.

• ABC Machine Embroidery Designs has a newsletter - see the lower right-hand corner of the page. They also sell embroidery supplies.
• Anna Bove Embroidery also has a newsletter - see the lower left-hand corner of the page. And they too sell embroidery supplies.
• Embroidery Library has a newsletter too - see it mentioned in the table of contents at the lower left-hand side of the page.