After sitting on the pattern for waaay too long, I finally got up the gumption to sew Advance 7745 with some red wool that I snagged for super cheap at the thrift store. Needless to say, I love it.
I omitted the collar called for in the pattern, in part because I didn’t like it and in part because there wasn’t enough fabric! I’m thinking I’ll get a little white fur peter pan collar to finish it off for winter, and I might find a leopard print collar to swap out for fall and late spring. The pattern didn’t call for lining the jacket, but I opted to make up a quick lining with some leopard print stuff from JoAnn Fabrics. I was hoping for a plaid, but no such luck…
I was thinking of adding the belt at the bottom of the jacket (seen on the short-sleeved view on the pattern, barely) but I had quite a hard time picking buttons and finding a matching belt buckle might take a while. All in all though, I’m super happy with how it turned out!
More pictures of the project are on my blog here and some pictures of the skirt without a jacket over it are in this post.