The Finished Jacket: Minoru Round Two

My mom excitedly modeling her new Minoru Jacket

Now that the Christmas rush is over I have a lot of updating to do. I was so busy traveling and crocheting and sewing non-stop to finish up presents, these last two weeks before school starts up again for the semester have been really relaxing. I've done almost nothing craft wise, except make a shirt (the Sewaholic Renfrew Top ) , and upload all of the pictures of my projects to share with you guys. As you can see from the above picture I finished up the second Minoru I was planning on making. It came out perfectly, I really like the additions and changes I made to it compared to my first one, and it was very hard to part with it.

The, slightly wrinkled, back of the jacket

I used an olive green, army fatigue color, cotton canvas for the outer layer. The inside was lined with a brown non-pilling fleece. Since I wanted this to be worn more as a winter jacket I also included a layer of thinsulate in-between the lining and outer fabric on all of the pieces except for the arms and the hood. I chose to line the hood, and add side pockets that you can slip your hands into since the jacket only has inner pockets which are fairly small.

I just thought this was a cool picture

It fit my mom perfectly, and she was happy so I was happy. My brother couldn't believe I really made it, and then asked for a jacket for his birthday in March. It was definitely easier to put together because I remembered what I was doing, it's really only the cutting of the pattern pieces that seems to take the longest time. You can barely make them out in the picture but I also crocheted a matching scarf and headband to go with the jacket. Check back later this week for some pictures and the corresponding patterns to those pieces.

My mom excitedly modeling her new Minoru Jacket

Now that the Christmas rush is over I have a lot of updating to do. I was so busy traveling and crocheting and sewing non-stop to finish up presents, these last two weeks before school starts up again for the semester have been really relaxing. I've done almost nothing craft wise, except make a shirt (the Sewaholic Renfrew Top ) , and upload all of the pictures of my projects to share with you guys. As you can see from the above picture I finished up the second Minoru I was planning on making. It came out perfectly, I really like the additions and changes I made to it compared to my first one, and it was very hard to part with it.

The, slightly wrinkled, back of the jacket

I used an olive green, army fatigue color, cotton canvas for the outer layer. The inside was lined with a brown non-pilling fleece. Since I wanted this to be worn more as a winter jacket I also included a layer of thinsulate in-between the lining and outer fabric on all of the pieces except for the arms and the hood. I chose to line the hood, and add side pockets that you can slip your hands into since the jacket only has inner pockets which are fairly small.

I just thought this was a cool picture

It fit my mom perfectly, and she was happy so I was happy. My brother couldn't believe I really made it, and then asked for a jacket for his birthday in March. It was definitely easier to put together because I remembered what I was doing, it's really only the cutting of the pattern pieces that seems to take the longest time. You can barely make them out in the picture but I also crocheted a matching scarf and headband to go with the jacket. Check back later this week for some pictures and the corresponding patterns to those pieces.