Visiting San Francisco and My Next Project Begins!

Love San Francisco!

 Hours spent in fabric heaven! 

Picking out cloth and lining for the vest.  So much to choose from at Britex.

A beautiful piece of wool and a stunning lining as well.

This Weekends Progress Report

I finished the entire vest lining and it turned out just fine.  This is a rayon lining and you can see how badly it ravels.  I top stitched the seams to keep this to a minimum.  I think the lining looks better with the top stitching too. 

I added the back portion of the belt this weekend.  No problems here. 
The back belt is top stitched to the back as seen above. 

These two pieces will be sewn into the side seams and wrap around the front.  In addition, I will being covering the belt buckle with the black fabric.  My first try at one of the belt pieces did not work well.  By the way, I used sew in interfacing on each piece to give a more stable and stiff belt.  After turning the belt right side out, the shape was obviously out of wack.  I had to recut that portion of the belt, but ran into another problem that we all have had at least once or twice.  :)  I poked through the end while turning the belt rightside out.  I had to go through that whole tedious process of re-turning and re-sewing the curved end.  What I learned and have decided is that for all future projects to double stitch end pieces like this and also corners pieces.  Anotherwords, sew directly on top of your last row of stitching in critical areas.  It reinforeces but honestly does not add bulk.  As you can see in the collar below, the corners are sharp and near perfect.

I am happy with my collar and collar band.  Nice corners.