Sewing Project (Part VII)

I was going to wait until I was finished everything but it is taking longer than I expected. I have all of the necessary finishing pieces ("notions") but the webbing to attach the cord-locks that I bought is just too thick so I need to go buy some new stuff.  And again, like the zippers, I need to sew these into the hood and most, if not all, the rest of the finishing depends on me having that finished.  Here are some pictures of the assembled jacket though without any finishing.  I still need to finish the main zipper and I only have the hood brim pinned to the hood (that's what needs the cord-locks installed).  I also have the hem of the waist and the cuffs to finish.  I could do that actually...

Sewing Project

I bought some Schoeller water-resistant, 4-way stretch soft shell material from a now defunct sewing shop in Calgary (the best one in Canada, used to be) that was on sale and planned on making a soft shell jacket.

That was a few years ago. Problem is not finding material (though I did have to order water resistant zippers from Finland) but in finding patterns that are technical enough. After much searching on the inter-tubes (as ST would say) I did find someone who sold good, outdoor equipment patterns, some for free, check it out: www.shelby.fi . Jenn bought me a sewing machine for Xmas so now I had no excuse to procrastinate, especially since I have some time on my hands right now...

I got the pattern traced out after piecing together the photocopies sent to me (that took a while), pinned them to my (expensive) fabric and then let it sit for a while. I was little hesitant to cut the fabric - you can't go back once the fabric is cut!!

I said what the hell, cut the fabric and I'm off to the races - except that I have to wait for zippers to come from Finland (I guess they fit in envelopes so they should be here fast, but probably too late, I should be working by the time they come).

Alas, I needed the zippers for the very first step, true, later on in the step, but I pretty much need it right away. But, I could assemble my hood and that is what I just finished doing! Here are pictures of my handiwork:

Now I wait. I can a little bit more with step 1 but it won't be much...