Finished converting a nice blue tweed sportvcoat. I meant to get some "in-process" pics, but before I knew it, I was too far along. I'm pretty pleased with it. The pocket flaps are a little large because they were so low to begin with. They were welted, and smaller flaps still looked way too low. I made larger ones to lift them a bit. The bottom edges are right on the pocket openings. Completely sewed down as the pockets were so shallow they would have been useless anyway.




Many thanks go to my little helper, Hai, who insists on offering assistance whenever is most inconvenient as well as opinions.




And here is a close shot of the material. It almost but not quite picks up the color right. It is a bit bluer than it looks here with small red fibers in it. Very pretty material. I almost hated to cut it.



Now it is time to get back to work on a green suit jacket. Here is the start, with the sleeve length basted.



Here is a decent pic of the material. Beautiful wool with a lot of red and blue flecks. If this had been a sport coat instead of a suit jacket, I would have left it alone for work. Really hoping I don't muck this one up.



And here is my sleeve length model, inspecting the quality of my work. (She loves sleeves... always crawling down them as I sew).