Simplicity 7953 – Ruffled Jacket

I saw this pattern on Patterns from the Past and had to have it, which is strange since I haven’t worn anything with ruffles since I was about 7 years old. I originally intended on making this out of something fancy, like satin or a silky dress fabric with a sheer fabric ruffle. Then I went shopping for material to make pants and inadvertently purchased some gray polyester outerwear fabric for what was supposed to be a pair of pants. There was no way I could make pants out of a nonbreathable synthetic that was clearly designed for something like a windbreaker or a pop tent (I’m such newb at this sewing thing that I didn’t open the fabric up to see what the back side was like – the outer side felt and looked like polyester with a satiny finish…little did I know that the inside was more like rubber than anything else). I had only purchased 2 yards, which was not enough to make a real rain coat out of it. I figured the fabric was virtually useless so I used it for my first attempt at the Simplicity Ruffled Jacket. I lined it with dark gray brushed tricot that was leftover from another project and made the ruffle out of polyester crepe left over from a pair of hip hugger pants that I made out of Simplicity 6942. The jacket has lots of mistakes with the lining and the ruffle – I had never done a ruffle before and I ran out of room on the jacket, so the end result was a bit of a tail at the back. Here’s a pic and you can read more info on my blog: