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Happy February!

Well it's finally February and everyone on the APQ Challenge has been anxiously awaiting the release of the the next UFO number.....drum roll please....#8!

My #8 on both lists is so lame, so once again I made some additions to my list:



I have a feeling I'll be doing that alot!  Aside from that list here my other February items that I would like to get done:
  • Finish the green ponte knit Style Arc Estelle Jacket
  • Finish blocks 1 & 2 of Leah Day's Machine Quilt Challenge
  • Do something with my purple Mood Fabric 
  • Do something with my Sarah's Fabric grey knit
It's a pretty bold list considering I'll be gone for the last week and half of the month and Sarah will be here visiting so I'll lose the first weekend.  Basically I only 2 of the 4 weekends this month to get things done... ouch.

January was productive so I will stay optimistic!  As I said, I got so much done last weekend!  On Sunday night I decided I would force myself to start work on the Estelle jacket.  At 7:15pm I decided to trace the pattern to the size I wanted.  With lots of time left, I decided to cut out the fabric,  Well  one thing led to another and by 11:30pm that night the jacket was done!

This is a pretty easy jacket.  Since it requires a ponte knit and it does not ravel, the edges of the jacket are raw...no finishing at all!  To keep things looking a little more professional I did a modified flat felled seam.  Since I sewed this with a 3/8 in seam allowance I simply trimmed one side of the seam then ironed the other seam (non-trimmed) on top of that.  After I top stitched that seam down and I had  a very professional finished look.   I did that with all the seams...back, neck and shoulder, arm holes, side seams and sleeve seams.



And 4 hours after I started I had this:


And the next morning I wore this to work:


I realized after I had put it on that it was a Style Arc kind of day as I was wearing my Style Arc Elle pants.  Super comfy day at work!

Notes:  The jacket is just a tad bit large so I went one size down with the green ponte.  It is all cut out and ready to sew!


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