Herding Cats

 The first try of McCall's 8121, complicated by a perhaps excessive amount of purpose-made cat appliqués, is finished

Yayyyy

Intermediate

 I don't usually post projects in progress, but I started my first try at a McCall's 8121

and decided early in the process that I wanted to add decorative patches--I had a specific style from my patch stash in mind, but, when I got them out, I quickly realized that a completely different type of patch would suit this project better

but

I had only three of those, and my Sense of Overdoing Things did not find that acceptable, so I'm pausing the jacket construction to make some more patches, which I will machine sew to the jacket shell while it's still able to be laid out relatively flat, and without having to avoid accidentally stitching through the lining.

And what a lining!