My Quilted Jacket is finished!

 I did it! I finished my jacket! It was fun using blocks I already had and outlining them with 1 1//2" and 2 1/2" squares. I used selvages, made some economy blocks and my jacket was born. The most difficult part was finishing the inside of the arm sleeve.  You go as far as you can from the bottom, then back tack. Then you go inside of the sleeve to the spot where you stopped. It was a little like wrestling a bear.

The jacket is one size fits all, but not quite...I'm tall and have long arms.  I would have made the sleeves at least 6" longer. I used a cute Ruby Star fabric with its selvage on the end of the arm so that when the cuff is turned up, you can see it.  If I turned up the cuff, I would have a 3/4 length sleeve.

This coat is pretty colorful! I used mostly orphan blocks and leftover half square triangles from a few quilts that I made.

Each one of the blocks that I used in the economy blocks, have a sentimental meaning to me.

This embroidery is one that my youngest son Sean stitched when he was 8 years old.  I drew it and he stitched it. I held onto it for 23 long years,  hoping to use it in something....

I love the Union Jack, it was also Canada's flag until they turned 100 years old in 1967. Then they created the maple leaf flag, from sea to shining sea.

I only used my favorite Ruby Star selvages on the collar.

There were a few areas on the quilt that I had to use some filler.

I love Hello Kitty 💗

All 3 of our sons are in law enforcement. Cops are brave!

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