UFOs

In sewing terms a UFO stands for 'Unfinished Object' and have one at the moment.  This is a particularly hard concept for me as I cannot bear to leave anything unfinished.  I guess it's an extension of my black and white personality.  So, what I have at the moment is a black wool, double breasted jacket that I started at the beginning of December.  The poor thing has been on my dress form, untouched for a couple of weeks now and last night I got myself into gear and now the jacket has one sleeve.  


What I've enjoyed most about this jacket is all the tailoring....apart from sewing the seams everything is hand stitched and the pad-stitching to create the curves on the collar and the lapels was such a joy to do.  Here she is at the moment:

The white stitching is basting to keep the roll of the lapels and collar in place.  

Here is the side view - there is a tiny pocket in the princess seam and I'm debating as to if it should have a welt over it.  I'm also considering hand topstitching too.  I did take photos of the pad stitching, but they're not very good quality:

The jacket is from a vintage pattern which shows the jacket fastening left over right which is the male version........I'm really pleased with it at the moment and need to make some shoulder pads next.

So, today was going to be after pictures for dollies but the light outside is too poor today.  Hopefully tomorrow it will be a bit brighter.