Lucy Jacket Up-Cycle Project: Re-Visited
Some projects are worth a RE-SHARE, and the Lucy Jacket I created is definitely one of those. My passion for re-cycling/up-cycle sewing is becoming an obsession!
Original LUCY Jacket Post from 11-19-13
“I just had the most FUN creating this jacket for a very special friend who loves – LUCY!
Beauty of Stitching with TWO Machines
And, oh my – am I now spoiled with having TWO sewing machines! I kept black thread on my old, trusty Pfaff 7550 for basic construction (love that Dual Feed!). For decorative and ‘invisible’ stitching, I used my new BROTHER Quattro 3 for the decorative/monofilament stitching. I couldn’t believe how easily it handled the Wonder Thread – YLI Monofilament. I selected this cross-wound thread instead of a parallel wound spool (Superior Mono-Poly) because the thread rides horizontally on this machine. I had NO trouble what-so-ever winding a bobbin with the thread – NOR even using the needle threader or cutter on this machine – AWESOME! The only thing I found was that since the thread is so slippery, that once I used the thread cutter, I needed to pull some extra needle thread out so that it didn’t UN-thread again! Sew……YEP, I’m a 2 machine sewer now – at least for my decorative, art-t0-wear, and I’m confident I’ll save time by not having to change thread so often, as I really do NOT like to construct with monofilament thread.
T & Fabrics Re-cycled
I started with an “I Love Lucy” T-shirt that I found on eBay for about $10.00. Then I scrounged in my black knits and found:
a sheer knit black jacket I’d bought just for the fabric
a teeny black/white stripe
a lacey black fabric with a wonderful selvage
a basic reversible (though I didn’t utilize the lighter side)
The edge at the neckline and the bottom and center front is actually ALL of the black stretchy mesh jacket ‘fabric’ – all raw edge, except for the center fronts – for which I utilized both sleeves, folded in half so the fold is at the center front – and even the angle of the sleeve cap became the lowermost hem edge! The neckline edge at the back neck had to be the lacy knit – as I didn’t have enough length of the black mesh. I used the black/white stripe with raw edges – cut usually at about 5/8″ wide to stitch over top of where one fabric joined the other. I found it didn’t roll unless I pulled it – and then when I pulled it, it would make the surface to which I stitched it pucker up – so that didn’t work. Instead, I ‘coaxed’ it to roll with my steam iron. It kinda did and kinda didn’t roll, actually – so fine – it is what it is.