I've made a jacket

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A couple of years ago I got a lovely checked wool fabric from a friend. It had belonged to her mother and I guess it's from the 1960s. It's not very thick, but still coarse and as you see the checked pattern is very large. That made me think of doing a short jacket with kimono sleeves à la late 1950s. (There's enough to make something more of it too; a skirt or another jacket).

Said and done:











I have a little fixing to do with the collar, which doesn't "curl down" the way I want it too. Nothing that a little hand stitching on the underside of the collar won't fix.