Wednesday 1 July 2015

Ponte Morris Blazer

The Grainline Studio Morris Blazer is the ideal casual smart clothing item that fits perfectly into my wardrobe. The appeal of this pattern is that it is intended for a knit fabric (or a stretch woven). I imagine that it would wear like a cardigan in a knit.

I downloaded the PDF pattern from the Grainline Studio website, dug out some black ponte from the stash and set to.

Ponte Morris Blazer

I traced off a size 10 and made just one alteration.  I'm not really a 3/4 length sleeve kinda girl, so I lengthen the arms by 6 1/2", allowing for a 1" hem.  I did away with the sleeve facing because I thought the ponte would behave better with a turned up hem.


For the facing I used a merino remnant from my Gillian Wrap Dress, a very fine stripe in a grey. This was much much lighter than the ponte so I used an equally heavy knit fusible interfacing - that worked a treat.

Ponte Morris Blazer

I stitched all the seams on the sewing machine using a zig zag 1.5 1.5 stitch and finished each seam on the overlocker (serger).  Nothing usually makes it off the sewing table without a touch of hand sewing - this Blazer was no exception, I used a catch stitch to tack the collar facing to the back neck seam.

Ponte Morris Blazer

Now ... See those annoying wee bubbles  at the bottom of the front in the photo below - I wasn't sure whether I'd done something or whether it's a result of the knit fabric???  I did a bit of a search of other blogs and noticed it on some other knit versions as well, so figured that it wasn't just me.  But it could be that the facing is a tad shorter than the front piece caused by either incorrect cutting or that the interfacing slightly shrunk the facing piece.  Anyway the knit fabric moves and wiggles in every direction when I'm wearing it so I figured it doesn't really matter that much - I'm probably the only one noticing!!

Work in Progress

The Blazer wears beautifully.  The only thing that I would change next time would be to lower the side seam at the under the arm; it's a tad high which restricts what I can wear under it and creates pulling when I look at photos of the back.

8 comments:

  1. Very smart for something divinely comfortable. :) Tht pulling thing is not uncommon in faced points as it is so goshdarn hard to get them to have the same weight and size, and the facing will want to sit outward. It looks awesome and in black and on the move noone will notice, as you say!

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    1. Thanks! When I was sewing it I was checking that the length of the body and facing were even but still I got that silly bubble of pulling!!! Won't stop me wearing it though!

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  2. Really liked how you styled it with the stripe dress. Almost looks like they were meant for each other.

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    1. Thanks Carol, grey and black seem to feature quite regularly in my wardrobe lately - really need to change that!

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  3. It looks great. It is such a versatile jacket that I am sure you will get a lot of wear out of it.

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    1. Thanks Andrea. I've been getting some good wear out of this one, but I'm not rushing to make another - I think it's because I prefer a lined jacket??

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  4. Hi,

    Great blazer. What I find interesting is many of the Morris Blazers I've viewed have the same pooling on the same side of the blazer. I wonder if this is a layout problem or pattern drafting issue?

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  5. Hi,

    Great blazer. What I find interesting is many of the Morris Blazers I've viewed have the same pooling on the same side of the blazer. I wonder if this is a layout problem or pattern drafting issue?

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