Romeo Jacket: Finished Product!

Here it is! Aside from a few hiccups with the quilting and with the (expletive) cuff hem coming undone, like, five times, this jacket came together really smoothly and I must say I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. It's fully lined, with accents on the wrists and elbows, with contrast fabric on the ribs and the upper arms. I added a little shoulder panel (based on a flash of inspiration from Maximus's Gladiator armor). It zips up and has an eyelet section hidden on the chest so that Peter can choose to lace it up for shows. When not being used the ties are threaded through loops along the zipper and knotted at the bottom to keep them in place.

The only thing left is seeing whether or not it fits! And, of course whether or not he likes it. Fingers crossed.

Romeo Jacket: Construction

So here's the next installment of the Romeo jacket construction. This, more specifically, is the bottom layer of the coat. The actual leather part of the jacket is more of a vest that rests over the bottom layer (I liked the effect of the sleeves coming out of the arm openings as if it were a vest).

Prepping for Prom

January is admittedly sort of a ridiculous time of year to already be thinking about prom. Ridiculous, dear reader, is just the way I roll.

You see, after a wonderful winter break back in Portland with all my friends (and following a furiously crafty couple of months getting presents ready for people), things felt a bit empty back here in Austin without something to work on. I'd been toying around with ideas for the next big event I'd be going to back in Portland, which is Just People's (my boyfriend Peter's band's) prom. It's prom. But for grown ups. Sponsored by a whiskey company. Wahoo! Everyone makes super good decisions at this prom, let me tell you.