Make a Blazer from a Pattern

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Dressmaking has been my hobby since Dad came home from the car boot with an ancient looking sewing machine that somehow worked just fine. I bought some fabric from Doncaster market and made shorts, skirts and tops and even managed to put in zips, one my first lessons in secondary school textiles. I must’ve been about twelve and I still love it now. 

I make clothes from my head and have never used a pattern but for a blazer, I would have to bite the bullet. 

Cutting out, was of course, very easy and enjoyable and I learnt how to make the most out of the fabric. It was like pattern piece Tetris and scarcely a inch lost. 

Putting it together got harder and harder and I found myself reading the instructions over and over but I managed to get it all together. 

I’m not sure I can wear it as the collar just won’t lie flat and even though I cut it to my size, it seems huge. Perhaps pattern sizes are generous flatter users to buy again. 

It looks like a blazer and I think I’ll try again but use a firmer fabric, not a stretchy one.