Making a red suit jacket and pants part 1

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red crepe black duchess satin fabric Butterick pants skirt tops pattern

I’ve been wanting to try a red suit jacket and pants outfit for a while…

So the other day I decided to purchase some fabric and a pattern to try a DIY red suit jacket and pants project.

Today is the eve before the December 25th holiday celebration. I really should be finishing up my cleaning and preparing; but I thought I’d try to fit in this post while I take a break from clearing away furniture so I can vacuum and shampoo the carpet. I hate carpeting, but when you’re renting you have no control over what kind of floor you get. Anyway, the fabric I ordered to make my red suit jacket and pants arrived yesterday, so I have no excuse for not getting some sewing done over the next few days. If you’ve read any of my past posts then you know I bought myself a sewing machine last year and used it to make all sorts of ridiculous things like these red dresses:

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And these salmon-colored crepe de chine dresses…

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And this green floral dress…

making a dark green floral print fitted mini dress image 1making a dark green floral print fitted mini dress image 7

I was just experimenting with things I was making straight out of my head while gaining practice with the sewing machine. By now you’d imagine I should be a pro at using the sewing machine; but you’d be wrong. Maybe if I had kept on sewing I’d have picked up a few tricks by now, but I haven’t used the sewing machine in months so it’s kind of like I’m going to be starting over again. But this time I’m going to try to make something from a pattern.

I’ve never made anything from a pattern before and I have no idea how to use a pattern; but I’m hoping it’s not going to prove to be too complicated.

This is the pattern I’ll be using to make the red suit jacket and pants…

B6930 Butterick lifestyle wardrobe suit jacket pants skirt pattern

I will also be making the top shown. So I’ll be making (or attempting to make) the jacket, and the pants out of red fabric, and the top out of black fabric. I have quite a bit more fabric than I will need I think, so maybe I’ll even get some skirts out of it. We’ll see how it all works out.

The red fabric that I bought is a polyester crepe fabric. I bought 4.5 yards of it. I’m sure I’ll get the hang of things eventually and have a better idea of how much fabric I need for what. But extra fabric can’t hurt. The black fabric is a polyester duchess satin fabric.

red crepe black duchess satin fabric

I’m not sure if the fabric I bought for the top was the best choice. It feels a bit coarse and hard; but the description on the fabric.com website says it’s perfect for making blouses, dresses and skirts so I’m going to have to take their word for it. We’ll see how it all turns out.

I probably won’t get started on this until Sunday or Monday. I’m actually looking forward to it and can’t wait to start.

Happy Holidays to all.

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Monica
Monica
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Singer songwriter Adelamonica AKA Avenue Sixty editor in chief. Writing as Monica for The Monica Archives. Writing has always been one of my passions. In fact, when I was a teenager, I used to tell people they should remember my name, because I was going to become a famous author. I used to live to write and write to live--not in the sense of writing for income but writing to combat depression and to feel a sense of purpose. I've written novels, poems, articles and essays that I tried unsuccessfully to get published over many years starting in my teens. When I discovered blogging several ages ago, I turned to that avenue as a means of doing what I love without having to worry about publishers and their rejection letters. Modeling is also something I have always enjoyed and something I wanted very badly to do as a teenager. So badly that I used to lie and tell people I was a model. I would carry around a large portfolio style photo album and claim it was my modeling portfolio. But, as with my writing, the people with the power to make my modeling dreams come true saw nothing in me that made them stop me in the streets of New York to offer me a modeling contract with their agency. So when I discovered the ability to photograph my own self (before cell phones and selfies) I took up a hobby of pretend modeling at home and that hobby has remained with me throughout my life as a form of self expression and self therapy. I ask that you kindly excuse my lack of worldliness and any instances where I demonstrate lack of tact or lack of knowledge and even lack of basic intelligence in my writing and posing. I'm just here trying to have a little fun doing the things that make me happy. I'm just an average human for whom writing and posing and singing and dancing and the other things I do are ways I express myself and keep myself going on this ever challenging journey of life. I hope you will find something even remotely useful or interesting in the things I share.
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