If you remember back to my last post, one of the things I wanted to make this year was V8882 in black leatherette having already made one in taffeta and one in tartan. I found some really nice leatherette in black and in wine and I was so close to ordering it until I found out it would cost £30 to ship from Germany because it would go on a pole, so it was back to the drawing board! I found a website called I Want Fabric who were selling lightweight leatherette for £4.99/m! Yes you read that right! Unfortunately I could only get it in full metres so I do have some extra, but the quality was much better than I would expect for £4.99.
So when it arrived, I got to work cutting it out which required A LOT of floor space because of how wide it is at the bottom (just like me!😂😂) The pattern is relatively easy, you need to put a pleat in each of the 3 panels, then just sew the back panels to the front panel, sew on the waistband, insert a zip and Bob's your uncle! Because it's made of leatherette it is quite heavy to pick up but it doesn't feel heavy on.
I couldn't trust myself to take a picture of the back while wearing it so I'm sharing the limelight with Ms LaRoux. I also wanted to get an action shot of me twirling around in it, but it was a bit on the blurry side haha!
Wearing it makes my feel like I'm both a superhero and supervillain at the same time, which is kind of the vibe I was going for so it's a winner in my book! (And there's no hemming or ironing involved so it's even better!)
So overall, it cost me about £16 to make this since it was less than 3 metres and I've started buying zips from Jaycott's on the recommendation of my friend :) I reckon 16 quid is pretty reasonable to get the hero villain vibe I've always wanted 👍
