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Quilted Jacket
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I would like to enter my blue jacket that I have just finished. It is made from 100% cotton navy blue sweatshirt which I cut off the ribbing and cuffs. I then cut out the sleeves and opened them out flat and then I took the body of the shirt and cut shoulders and underarms to make a front and back.
I have used an embroidery quilt pattern that has 12 different quilt squares that has fancy stitching to cover where the different materials join. I used different colors of blue metallic embroidery thread to cover these joints.
I used 12 different blue printed material plus plain navy for these squares. On the navy blue material I used navy thread for the designs as I didn't want anything to take away from the cut work butterfly's that I put on them. I made 16 of these squares and 30 of the squares made from the different material. To give my cut work butterflies some depth I placed blue lame material behind them.
I roughly laid out my squares on the front and back with making a design in the navy on lower front and top of back (6 squares each). I then made a strip of each row sewed it on the jacket starting at the bottom. I sewed a metallic yarn down and across every seam. After I had finished that I made sure all seams matched and if not trimmed to fit. I then folded the front in half and cut up the center. I also made the cuff's for the sleeves and put one cut work butterfly in center of each. I sewed it all together and did any adjusting that needed to be done then I did all the finishing.
I used navy material to line each of the fronts plus I put one cut work butterfly in the corner at top so if I wanted to turn the top back you would see a butterfly. I also added side pockets and bound the whole jacket with bias binding. The inside seams are also bound.
Gail Boucher
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