Petallica

From the Simplicity website: "Misses' faux fur, fitted  and loose cut jackets sewing pattern." I sewed view "B" with a draped shawl-collar in a "10" at the shoulders, "12" at the armscye, and a "14" elsewhere.

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Directions
The instructions and diagrams were satisfactory, with occasional tangents to view "A", the shawl-collared jacket for common steps.


The two front of the jacket (largest piece) are connected via a center back seam. The directions state and show clearly in the diagrams and attached to the back section of the jacket at the neckline with pivot points (clipped and reinforced) center back seam and

Fabric Used:
A cotton in a funky print with a slight stretch from .ahem  from JoAnn's. I thought I play it safe and use less expensive fabric.


Favorite/Not-so Favorite Features
* I like the "draped shawl collar" or "shawl-collared draped front" and several other ways to describe this jacket as I discovered on the internet. I agree with the previous reviewer of this pattern in regards to how the front should drape. After letting my jacket "hang" or stay on a hanger overnight, I let the front "crease and drape" below a shawl collar/lapel (formed after some fiddling in front of the mirror).

* Princess-seams for a more flattering fit.

*The jacket overall is fairly simple, but somewhat time consuming to construct.

* The part that I thought was odd was after turning in the large front facing to the inside is how it is attached to the back of the neckline to the shoulder seams. After not being able to decipher Simplicity's instructions on how to handle this situation, I turned in the raw edges of the front facing about 5/8" (in the form of an upper half of a rectangle)and "slipstitched" or secured the hem with hand stitches, which seemed safer than "stitching in the ditches".

* Creating a lining with the back and side front/back pieces would seem to simplify the construction eliminating the need to slipstitch or handstitch the lower hem and to slipstitch the front/neck facing to the neckline and to the side seams.

Pattern alterations or any design changes you made:

*I performed my usual petite alterations above the waist (shortening by 1")

*I made a button front closure.

*I skipped the back rectangular tab. Although it looks like a sleek style feature, something similar to it did not work for me in the past.

Would you sew it again? Would you recommend it to others?
Yes, but not immediatlely, in a lightweight corduroy or denim. I recommend this pattern if you like princess-seamed jackets with an added detail and/or the other styles shown on the pattern envelope.

Conclusion:
Although I like the fit of this jacket, I still am uncertain about it. I'll see how it fares in another type of fabric.