Weave Your Jacket! + TGIFF

I've created a few woven quilts (like this one and this one), even a couple open woven quilts (like this one and this one). I absolutely love the texture and uniqueness produced with each weaving. So when I saw Tara of WEFTY Needle putting her weaving into a jean jacket, I knew I had to copy the idea!

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I purchased a white jean jacket from my local thrift store (last November!). The fit is a little big for me, but given that I was going to cut it up for an experiment (that may or may not work out), I figured it would be fine.

I chose a canvas Rifle Paper Co. fabric called "Rosa Navy" from the Menagerie line for Cotton + Steel (the middle print in the photo). I got it in the bundle I purchased at Sample Spree during spring Quilt Market 2017.

I first cut the back panel out of the jacket. I just used regular scissors and cut between the existing seams of the jacket. The edges do continue to fray, so I am considering adding a product like Fray Check to see if that might help.

I cut the canvas into 2 1/2" strips, then sewed the strips into tubes. Turning the canvas tubes proved to be a bit trickier than regular quilting cotton fabric! After turning, I pressed the seams into the middle of the back of each strip.

Then the project just sat, waiting for it's turn in the spotlight again. In March, my BQF (best quilty friend) and I had our own quilting retreat at a house we rented for the weekend. I took the jacket along just in case I got an itch to finish it - and I did!

Using the 1" strips, I laid out an open woven design over the open panel.

Once I decided on the layout, I used Wonder Clips to hold the strips in place.

I used a denim needle and white 50wt Aurifil thread on my Juki TL-2010Q to stitch along the seam of the jacket, over the woven strips. I went super slow as the layers of canvas and denim were too numerous to even count!

My Juki never once complained. I stitched along each edge of the panel twice to secure the strips to the jacket.

I did not finish the inside of the jacket in any way. The Fray Check might be a good idea for the ends of the strips too, but I haven't done anything yet.

I have worn the jacket so much this spring! (And can't believe I'm just now finally blogging about it!) I love that it's semi-handmade. Definitely something I would love to do more! Now that I know the concept works, I'm on a hunt for a better fitting jacket so I can try again!

What have you finished lately? Link up for TGIFF (Thank Goodness It's Finished Friday). Today I'm saying, "Thank goodness it's finally blogged!"

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