Finished Jacket! Burda 7212

Readers, I am going to keep this post short and sweet.  I finished Burda 7212, version A mixed with version B, altered to not have linebacker shoulders and to not have a gap at the hips.  I don't have much to say about it.  Except, this may be my absolute favorite think that I have ever made in my entire sewing history.  I loooooooove it!  It was pretty much a dream to make and it's amazing to wear.  Without further ado-

This picture was taken after a full day's worth of wear, so it needs a slight pressing, but look at that color!  A coworker said it looked good enough to eat- like a raspberry.  What do you think?  It is a Super 120 wool from Valentino.  It was very lightweight and drapey, so I interfaced the entire jacket with tricot interfacing.  I didn't have enough of the black, so for the under sleeves and facings I used white.  It changed the depth of the pink ever so slightly.

Let's get into the details.  I combined the view A collar with the view B no peplum.  I made a size 38, with an giant 1.25 inches taken out at the shoulders.  I added about 4 inches at the hips, so that the front would lay flat.  I sewed the side, sleeve, and princess seams at 1/2 inch, but the rest at 5/8ths inch.  I drafted facings for the hem and the sleeves, as I think the make a cleaner jacket. 

The lining is likely a poly charmeuse bout in Sao Paulo for about $3.  I used grey/lavender biased binding to finish facing edges.  I also used it as piping between the front facing and the lining. 

I used a piece of the selvage to make a hanger.  I thought about using the piece that said Valentino or made in Italy, but I thought this was better.

For the buttons, I used mother of pearl buttons from a necklace that a friend gifted me.  I did make the welt pockets, if I were to make this again, I would make them thinner.  They're a little oversized for my tastes.

Anyway, that's that, I'll leave you with some more pictures.  Now to decide on my next make- should I move onto a wool/leather moto jacket, or should I make a shirt dress?  And oooh, wouldn't this jacket look good with my hot air balloon dress.  Pink with white and blue.  Next week!  Anyway, until next time happy sewing.