Sadie's jacket was finished for her birthday—which was this week, with time to spare. You can see the lining peeking out of the sleeve there and the matching sketchbook. This pattern was not the same as Delia's jacket. This one was made from Simplicity 2876. It's made of 100% wool melton, purchased locally at Mill Ends. It's not as soft and cozy as Delia's which is a wool/cashmere blend, but it's still pretty dreamy. It wasn't super fun to make, although it's been long enough now I don't remember what the swearing was about. I love that—when the frustration memories in a project fade. I think the collar was fussy perhaps, or there was some pleating agitation. I did love making the sleeve bands. I love that detail on jackets.
I always try to slip in buttons from Great Grandma Burchie's button tin in my clothes sewing projects, especially for the girls. It would be their Great-Great Grandmother, actually. I know my Grandmother's buttons are mixed in too—she gave the tin to me years ago, before she passed away, not to my Mom. I remember Mom telling me with a smile, when she asked Grandma why she didn't get the tin, Grandma replied "I don't recall you mending much." Sadie's jacket has 8 of these buttons, all shades of white and cream. None of them match, which I love. Now I add my buttons to the tin as well, so when the girls get the tin passed on to them, it will have four generations of buttons in it. I will admit I sometimes buy clothes with amazing buttons just to have the extras for the tin—so when the girls find them years later, I can remind them which dress it came from.
Happy birthday, sweet girl. I absolutely can't believe you are 7. But you are. And the crazy cute clogs I got you (which you don't know about yet) will look so stinkin' cute with this jacket, it's killing me.
