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Posted on August 25, 2008 by Trystan
Jacobean jacket in progress

Jacobean jacket in progress

My so-far attempt at a Jacobean jacket. The muslin looked really good on me, and this part doesn’t look too bad, even though I could not line up the border pattern and I royally f-ed up the godets.

Speaking of which, does anyone have a trick for putting in triangular godets? I’ve never gotten them right. I sew half of it by machine and the point by hand (because I can’t fit it into the machine), and it always sucks.

How do you get a flat triangle into a cut-out slit? No comprende. I swear, if someone would put up a clear how-to video on YouTube, I’d paypal you $10 right now.

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