Jacket No. 3 Starts. The inspiration, yarn choice and making the panels.

Finished and very happy with everything.  It turned out bulkier and heaver than I thought it would, but that's not a problem.  I even came to like the black trim.

Can't wait to start on number 4 Jacket sometime mid 2019.  It will be THE prettiest pink jacket.

The finishing touch  - silver chain

This black lurex trim is not the best, but it will do for now.  So just a simple running stitch will secure it.

Now slip stitching to turn under the silk lining begins.  The neckline is a very awkward are because it's on the bias in a tight curve.

 Again as per last jacket, the arm hole will bound with a white satin bias binding.

All quilting finished and the fabric panels have been sewn together.  Zip inserted very easily but some the  yarn fibres and wayward pieces are getting get caught in the teeth.  So I'll have to either trim them or re-weave them back into the fabric.

Silk lining tacked to the fabric for stability before machine quilting.

Silk lining layout.

It's never too early to start thinking about the final trim, and black grosgrain looks ok.  Or maybe grey.   

One finished panel.

To make sure that it won't unravel, I four-thread overlocked a  border.  

The finished fabric will unravel badly while handling, so a fusible interfacing is necessary.  It was preshrunk by hovering a steam iron 1" above it.   It fused very well after placing it all on a fluffy towel and being careful to press it as lightly as possible without compromising adhesion.  Then the pattern piece was placed over the stabilised fabric, marked, and cut out.

Everything fits so far.  There is no regular check pattern.  It would be impossible to produce a perfect check, so both warp and weft  yarns are at random placings.

Here's how I chose placement of the weft materials.  By laying the pattern piece over the work periodically.   No bulky yarns over cross seams, eg where sleeve and armhole intersect.   Once removed from the frame, it will shrink slightly all over, so this is accounted for. 

I purchased a weaving loom and set up the warp threads with an assortment of white and grey.

Some of the yarn that I have chosen.

For some time I have been following Chanel's choice of fabric for their jackets.  Here is a collection of theirs and others which have inspired my choice of white, grey and silver with black trim.  However it was impossible to locate a fabric that I liked.  So I will weave my own.