I'm still trying to figure out my motorcycle jacket options, so I had the idea to revisit Vogue 1714
but without the peplum. Yes, I know, the peplum is what, at a glance, sets this pattern apart from other motorcycle jacket patterns. However, a less obvious thing that differentiates this pattern from others is that it's not quite as boxy as the motorcycle jacket patterns I've tried. (As I type this, I'm wearing one of the extra boxy Kwik Sew 3764 I've made, but in knit as an intentionally casual kinda thing.)
I initially thought I'd make this with some robin's egg blue pleather that's been in my stash for 20 years, but I changed my mind when I started sewing it--the surface was extra plasticizer oily and stuck badly to the presser foot when I tried to top stitch. With most vinyls I've sewn, I only needed to change to a leather needle and they sewed fine, no excess sticking. Well, then, that would be a good opportunity to finally use my roller foot, right? Well, then, that was when I finally realized that the roller foot I had--gift in a random lot of presser feet--was for a slant shank machine. So. I wouldn't be using that pleather. (And, honestly, I wasn't fond of the oily way it felt. The rest is going to the craft thrift store. I'm also ordering a roller foot that will fit my machine.)
I had, however, been ready to make a blue moto jacket--did I have any suitable fabric that was anywhere near close in color...but that I wouldn't mind having used if the jacket didn't turn out so well? I looked in the part of the fabric stash reserved for heavier fabrics--nothing. (There is a pale green twill that I do want to use for a moto jacket, once I decide on a pattern.) But, oh, yeah--there was some fabric up in a different area, because it hadn't fit in the heavy fabric area.
It was a Walmart mill end precut, the roll in the center here
However, when I unrolled it, I realized the side that had been out was the back of the fabric. The face looked like this
Which is very interesting, but also very orange. So I had buyer's regret and wedged it into a weird place and kinda forgot about it.
I decided that, for this project, to get my blue(ish) moto jacket, I could go ahead and use the reverse after all
