There will be tiny darts sewn into the lining, but not into the outer jacket fabric. The fabric will be steam shrunk to fit the darts. It's going to just give the jacket gentle shape at the waist. I think this would be especially nice for a jacket with a pattern like a plaid as it doesn't break up the visual of the jacket in the back. The back and side steps finished today are:
- Baste and sew the center back of the fabric.
- Add neckline interfacing to the back
- Baste and sew the back fabric to the side fabric.
- Make darts in the lining
- Sew the center back of the lining
- Sew the lining side to the lining back, keeping the seam open at the bottm to facilitate hemming.
- Baste the quilting lines of the fabric back to the quilting lines of the lining
I'm feeling eager to push on but it's after 9pm and this is the stage where I start getting tired and making mistakes, so it's time to quit for the day.
12/29 I'm resuming work on the back.
The steps for today are to:
- Permanently sew the quilting lines
- Remove the quilt line basting.
- Steam shrink the back
- Baste around the arm opening
First I sewed the quilting lines and removed the quilting line basting.
Next, on the the right side of the fabric, I used my steam iron to steam shrink the area around the waistline darts. To to this steam an area without pressing down on the iron, pat the area until it cools, and then move to the next area. The photo above showed how the back looked last night, and the photo below shows how it looks after quilting and steam shrinking:
The pattern instructions say to run a basting line 2" from the armhole edges (actually the pattern said to do this before quilting, but I'm not entirely following the pattern)..