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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Progress on my Quilted Jacket

I've been spending a lot of time on my quilted jacket.  It's very scrappy and it looks like the coat of many colors!  Everything I used in the jacket has a special meaning to me.

These are all the pattern pieces.  Two sleeves, two fronts, a back and a collar.

On top is the collar, I made it out of Ruby Star Society selvages, because I love those designers and their selvages are so cute! The two bottom pieces are the two front pieces.  I made some economy blocks and used an "orphan" Pineberry block.

All the center squares in the economy blocks are special to me. Dwight Schrute from "The Office" TV show.  That's not my favorite TV show, but my kids all love it!  The orange meat cans is fabric that I made for my grandson Bridger's scripture cover. The little cowboy is from a quilt that I made for our oldest grandchild Bridger when he was born, almost twenty years ago!  Next is Anne of Green Gables. Both of my parents are from Prince Edward Island and I spent most summers there as a child and teenager. There are more, but maybe I'll talk about them in another post.

Some American Jane squares, I have a small collection of that fabric that I've been hoarding for years!

This is the back of my jacket, it's all quilted.

I'm using this Art Gallery flannel for the lining.  At the bottom, I've added a strip of Ruby star fabric, including the selvage.  When I have the jacket on, I will turn up the cuff and it will show.

This is the other sleeve.  I love the Union Jack block.  It used to be Canada's flag until 1967 when Canada turned 100 years old. I had to draw that flag a lot in Elementary school and it was really difficult!

That's what I have done so far. My goal is to have the jacket finished by the middle of February, so I can wear it to Quiltcon which is in Phoenix. I hope I won't be embarrassed to wear it, lol!

Quilted Jacket

I'm going to make this pattern, there's a tutorial on Riley Blake you tube.  I watched it and all the seams are finished with binding.  I also like the collar.

I have wanted to make a quilted jacket for years. I thought it would be fun to make it scrappy and use up some of my orphan blocks. 

This beautiful red fabric were leftover from a quilt I made and gifted. I trimmed the pieces and sewed half square triangles and trimmed them again and made this!

My youngest son Sean is 31 years old and father of two. When he was 7 or 8, he shared his bedroom with my sewing room for a little while after our oldest daughter moved back home. He embroidered a baseball player, drew the picture and everything! He wanted to make it into a pillow but never did. I couldn't bear to get rid of it, so am going to use it on my jacket!

Here's some beautiful Ruby Star that was left over from a quilt, it's going to be a sleeve.

I had this Union Jack block left over from a mini Jumping Jacks pattern. I'm going to use it as the other sleeve.

I'm so excited about creating this jacket, I hope it doesn't look too crazy!

Have a great week ❤️