fishmeok
Well-Known Member
I finally finished the next jacket. I made a different pattern for this one, based more on an A-2, essentially a Dubow body (one pice back, two pice arms) with narrow arms. I noticed that the A-2 patterns have a different shoulder cut than the civi jacket I originally used. In an A-2 the shoulder seam slopes toward the back, leaving the epaulet square on the shoulder. On my other pattern the shoulder seam is straight. It's a subtle difference, but I like the A-2 shoulder better. Unfortunately I tried to speed things up a bit and complete more steps at once, but that was a mistake and I ended up with the pockets and inner leather strips along the zipper being slightly off from each other. I was trying to make a 46-48, but I misjudged the final size and this is more like a small 44/42 long. Except for the items mentioned above I'm pretty happy with this one, I really like the cut and the pointy collar/pocket flaps (again loosly based on the Dubow).I kind of like the slightly off pockets too, adds a bit of character to the jacket. I'll be putting this one up for sale, I can't zip it up and still breathe...
Cheers
Mark
Cheers
Mark
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