• Project Details:
• Pattern: Vogue 1145 Lynn Mizono designed Misses Jacket and Pants
• Fabric: fleece, 4.25 yards!
• Lining: none
• Notions: lots of thread and 2 buttons, 1.125″ diameter



• Pattern Description: Loose fitting jacket with bizarrely short and ill-fitted sleeves which are too large at the top of the arm. It has two patch pockets, each large enough to hold a quart of soy ice cream, and an even more gigantic collar. No hemming is required; edges are finished with machine stitching.
• FO looks like the photo/drawing on the pattern envelope? I couldn’t figure out how to place the buttons, so mine does not look like the photo. Also, I think you’d have to have a very specific type of fleece to get the light, flowing look of the pattern envelope photo.



• Were the instructions easy to follow? Yes, it was a simple pattern in theory, but the pieces are so enormous that they were difficult to cut out and difficult to maneuver.
• My particular likes / dislikes about the pattern: I liked how quick and simply it is constructed. There were so many edge stitches on this project that I was able to experiment with many of the hundreds of stitches on my machine. I also love that you can wear it back to front for warmth and comfort without having your hands trapped inside so that you can move your arms and use your hands and still be wrapped and warm.



• My pattern alterations / design changes: Although the button placement is marked on the pattern tissue, I couldn’t make heads or tails of it, so I improvised my button placement.
• Would I sew it again or recommend it to others? nope and no, however I will sell you my pattern for $4 plus postage. I have the XS-S-M envelope and I cut the M size, so all tissues are complete.

Tonight I sported it to Wal-Mart with the thinly veiled objective of getting spotted for The People of WalMart photoblog. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

I finished sewing up these linen and cotton hand towels for my sister. I got the cat stencils for free online. The linen is from a great fabric shop in Hollywood. This particular linen is the bleached IL020, very light with a gentle hand. Mom gave me this gingham fabric from her left-over smocking scraps.
My sister has two cats and she’s already decided which cat is which! I hope she likes using them, but I like them enough to make some for myself next time!

I am amazed at how much the garden has grown over these past few weeks. You may think that my plants are on steroids, but they have testified under oath that they never took any illegal drugs.

Here are some THEN and NOW photos:

Then:

Now:

Then:

Now:

And my garden pics are never complete without the photos of the cats relaxing in their garden: