Is it a jacket? Is it a blanket? No! It's M7484!!

Yeesh! It's been over 3 weeks since my last post, but I promise I have been making, just not blogging! Last week I was in Worcester for a couple of days for work so I used my lunch break as an excuse to go fabric shopping at the tiny little fabric shop in town. I had a wee look through the pattern books as both McCall's and Simplicity were half price and I ended up choosing one from each. The McCall's pattern is just perfect for the current weather, not too heavy, but still keeps me warm :)

So I had a wee scout around the shop and found a lovely wine and mustard check fabric that's a medium weight wool mix. The pattern called for 2.7m for my size which I bought and went on my merry way. Unfortunately I ended up with about 50cm more than I needed because (surprise, surprise) I didn't bother pattern matching, I know that I could do it if I wanted, but I wanted to go for that mismatched grungy feel with this jacket. So here it is!

Now if you recall my post on the leggings that I made, I was having a massive fight with my overlocker. Well I went back to it, determined to sort it out and overlock my edges because the jacket isn't lined. So there I was, running tester pieces through and being furious that it wasn't working, until I suddenly realised that the presser foot wasn't down and hadn't been THE ENTIRE TIME!!! I have never felt so stupid and relieved at the same time 😂😂

Aaaaaanyway! I overlocked all of my pieces with an unending joy and got on with construction. It was an absolute dream to put together, no need for lining or interfacing, just sticking bits of fabric together. I love the way I can pull the jacket right across and belt it if I want or just leave it loose and relaxed. AND IT HAS POCKETS!! BIG POCKETS!!

You could fit so much stuff in there!

The extra fabric round the neck and shoulders are great for those sudden gusts of wind we tend to get on our lovely little island.

You still won't find any pattern matching here!

I made sure to get a matching thread in the shop, and I had literally JUST enough and no more!

Talk about cutting it neat, right? So long story short, this jacket is just right for me at this time of year and it's not a Primark hoodie! 😂😂 So I can wear it on a day to day basis, whether I'm nipping to the shop, going out for the day and it's even good for going to work!

The price was pretty decent for what I got since I got the pattern half price (of course) so here's the breakdown of cost.

Pattern - half price! I got it for £4.73
Thread - £1.85
Fabric - 2.7m at £9.99/m so £26.99. This could have been cheaper had I known I wouldn't be using all of it.

Total - £33.57

For a jacket that I think will get a lot of use, this is pretty damn good :)

Difficulty  level - 2/5 everything fit together really well, there wasn't even any darts!