{"id":2206,"date":"2015-03-23T12:09:06","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T16:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/?p=2206"},"modified":"2015-03-27T09:06:23","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T13:06:23","slug":"sew-along-b6169-moto-jacket-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/sew-along-b6169-moto-jacket-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"sew-along B6169 moto jacket, day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you ready to begin our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/patterns\/B6169\">B6169<\/a> sew-along? I&#8217;m really excited to sew this jacket with you! There are quite a few pattern pieces and steps for this jacket, but the finished jacket will impress you and everyone you know. It looks so professional that it will be worth the effort!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MotoJacket.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2202\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MotoJacket-480x656.jpg\" alt=\"MotoJacket\" width=\"480\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MotoJacket-480x656.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MotoJacket-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MotoJacket.jpg 856w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Before we start the sew-along, you&#8217;ll need to do the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pre-wash your fabric.<\/strong> I like to wash almost all fabrics before I begin, and that includes wool. In fact, I hand wash the wool in warm water, line dry it, and then I press the fabric with a lot of steam before I lay it out to cut it. The steam will shrink up the fabric a bit, which will help to stabilize and prevent shrinking of the finished jacket. I learned to do this when I majored in tailoring in school and learned the traditional tailoring methods like pad stitching, etc. Tailors have a giant steaming machine that forces steam through the fabric to help preshrink it. It&#8217;s a fantastic tool, but most of us will just need to use a regular iron and ironing board. Which works fine; it just takes a while longer.<\/li>\n<li>If you&#8217;re <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/finding-your-sewing-pattern-size\/\">not sure of your size<\/a>, I always recommend that you <a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2012\/10\/how-to-make-a-muslin.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>make a muslin<\/strong> <\/a>to check it. This jacket is loose-fitting enough that it will accommodate a wide range of bust sizes, so if you&#8217;re larger than a B cup you may find that you don&#8217;t need to do a full bust adjustment for this style. If you do need a little extra room, however, the princess seams can really help with that; you can simply take a smaller seam allowance in the bust area or even add a little extra seam allowance at the bust area before you cut the pieces. Then you can pin the seam line to fit, so no fancy full bust adjustment techniques will be strictly necessary. We&#8217;ll call this the cheater full bust adjustment method, OK?<\/li>\n<li>Once you&#8217;ve got your fabric washed, dried, and pressed. You&#8217;ll be ready to <strong>lay out your fabric and cut it<\/strong>. Then you&#8217;ll need to <strong>transfer the markings<\/strong> from the pattern pieces to the wrong side of the fabric.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s always a good idea to <a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/free-videos\/how-to-read-a-sewing-pattern\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>read through the instructions<\/strong> <\/a>before you get started.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Also, please note: In this sew-along, I&#8217;m going to use a different technique to attach the lining and finish the jacket than the method used in the instructions. The method I&#8217;ll use is often called &#8220;bagging out&#8221; the lining, and it&#8217;s used in the industry to streamline the construction process and eliminate a lot of hand sewing. (We&#8217;ll still be doing a little bit of hand sewing, but not as much as called for in the instructions.) I&#8217;ll also be using a couple of other techniques and some materials that you may not have on hand. Feel free to skip these steps; I included them because I use them when I sew jackets for myself and thought you might enjoy learning them as well.<\/p>\n<p>OK? Here are all my pattern pieces, cut out and with the markings transferred, waiting on the cutting table at the studio.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Fabric.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2149\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Fabric-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"Fabric\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Fabric-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Fabric-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Fabric.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how I thought we&#8217;d structure the sew-along, if you want to plan ahead:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 1:<\/strong> Sew the zipper and assemble the center-front panels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 2:<\/strong> Finish assembling the jacket front and jacket back.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 3:<\/strong> Assemble and attach the sleeves and add finishing details on the outer jacket. This is where I&#8217;ll show you a few special tricks I use which you might find useful.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 4:<\/strong> Assemble the lining.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 5:<\/strong> Bag out the jacket and finish the jacket. This is where I&#8217;ll be diverging from the instructions and will show you another technique with less hand sewing, but feel free to follow the written instructions if you prefer.<\/p>\n<p>Also, a note on the numbered instructions: For most of the numbered steps, I&#8217;m following the instructions for the pattern exactly as they&#8217;re written. I&#8217;ll add my own hints and comments in parenthesis or in a separate paragraph as we go, OK?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Interfacing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For some fabrics, I prefer sew-in interfacing. For the fabric I&#8217;m using, which has a slightly open weave, I purchased black featherweight fusible interfacing, but when it arrived it was just too stiff to be used with my fabric. White interfacing would have shown through the weave of the fabric, so I bought very lightweight black woven sew-in interfacing and used that instead. Do whatever feels right to you. If you use sew-in interfacing, instead of fusing in the first step, you&#8217;ll baste it to the fabric in the seam allowances to hold it in place.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Trim corners of INTERFACING, as shown. Fuse interfacing to wrong side of each matching FABRIC section, following manufacturer\u2019s instructions. (For sew-in interfacing, I usually trim a bit of the interfacing from the seam allowances instead of just trimming the corners.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jacket-01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2195\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jacket-01-480x704.jpg\" alt=\"jacket-01\" width=\"480\" height=\"704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jacket-01-480x704.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jacket-01-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jacket-01.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Front<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> STAYSTITCH side edge of uninterfaced FRONT (1) sections above waist. (Interfaced front sections will be used as facing. Please note that I used the interfaced pieces as my jacket front and the non-interfaced pieces as my facing because I wanted to baste the zippers to a more stable fabric. Either way is ok, but I should point out that I reversed the pieces so you don&#8217;t get confused!)<\/p>\n<p>(The staystitching will allow you to safely clip into the seam allowances later.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> On outside, pin closed zipper (face down) to front edge of right front between large circles, placing zipper stop at lower large circle and zipper teeth just over the 5\/8\u201d (1.5cm) seam allowance, tapering upper end of zipper tape to nothing at upper large circle. Baste. (You can use a basting stitch or a chalk line to help line up the edge of your zipper with the seam line. I always hand baste the zipper before machine basting or stitching. This helps to prevent stretching the tape and puckering the fabric. It works every time and is worth the extra effort. Then you can just stitch along the side of the zipper with your zipper foot and it&#8217;s easy-peasy to sew with no worries. Also, note in the photo below how my zipper tape is angled into the seam allowances at the top of the zipper. This will prevent the zipper upper zipper tape from showing and\/or getting in the way later.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jacket-03.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jacket-03-439x750.jpg\" alt=\"jacket-03\" width=\"439\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jacket-03-439x750.jpg 439w, https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jacket-03-176x300.jpg 176w, https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jacket-03.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> Pin right MIDDLE FRONT (2) section to right front, clipping front where necessary. Stitch. Press seam allowances toward middle front. (This pattern includes a lot of opposing curves. If you clip into the seam allowances of the shorter curve, the two pieces will fit together very nicely. This is why you staystitched the fabric in step 2. Now you can clip the seam allowances up to the staystitching safely without worrying about clipping into the jacket fabric.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jacket-04a.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2152\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jacket-04a-386x750.jpg\" alt=\"jacket-04a\" width=\"386\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jacket-04a-386x750.jpg 386w, https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jacket-04a-154x300.jpg 154w, https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jacket-04a.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jacket-03b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2151\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jacket-03b-480x720.jpg\" alt=\"jacket-03b\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jacket-03b-480x720.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jacket-03b-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jacket-03b.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> Separate zipper. On outside, pin remaining zipper tape (face up&#8211;not face down as stated in the instructions) to side edge of left front between large circles, placing zipper stop at lower large circle and zipper teeth just over the 5\/8\u201d (1.5cm) seam allowance, tapering upper end of zipper tape to nothing at upper large circle. Baste. (This is just like the first side of the zipper, but be sure you&#8217;re attaching the zipper to the correct side of the pattern piece here. It&#8217;s not getting basted to the center front edge, but to the inside edges. It will get sandwiched into the seam in the next step.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jacket-05.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2153\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jacket-05-428x750.jpg\" alt=\"jacket-05\" width=\"428\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jacket-05-428x750.jpg 428w, https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jacket-05-171x300.jpg 171w, https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jacket-05.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>6.<\/strong> Pin left middle front section to left front (over zipper), clipping front where necessary. Stitch, using a zipper foot when stitching. Press seam allowances toward middle front.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jacket-06.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2154\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jacket-06-480x720.jpg\" alt=\"jacket-06\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jacket-06-480x720.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jacket-06-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jacket-06.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>7.<\/strong> STAYSTITCH side edge of each middle front section between upper two notches.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s it for Day 1 of the sew-along! Tomorrow we&#8217;ll tackle the pockets and finish assembling the front and back of the jacket.<\/p>\n<p>Continue on to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/sew-along-b6169-moto-jacket-day-2-2\/\">Day 2<\/a> of the sew-along.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please join us for day one of the B6169 Moto Jacket sew-along which includes preparing the interfacing and front pieces. <a class=\"moreLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/sew-along-b6169-moto-jacket-day-1\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[30,36,37],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2206"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2381,"href":"https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206\/revisions\/2381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sewlisette.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}