Celtic Jacket

This jacket was a pattern test that was dropped in the spring.  My pictures are from the spring, so I decided to finally post this since fall is upon us.  As much as she has grown, I doubt it fits her now!

The pattern may come out sometime, but I decided to pull myself from that testing group.  There were a few reasons.

• My daughter has grown past their highest  size, which shows a bit in this jacket.  It was a 10W and 12L, and it is still a little short on her in the body.
• They do a lot of dresses, and my daughter is past that.
• She likes knit and they use a lot of wovens.
• They also take some shortcuts.  The collar on this should have been a curved mandarin style and the pattern piece was a rectangle.   That shortcut is really bothersome to me, since the collar has wrinkles in it and doesn’t lay correctly. My suggestion was met with much hesitation, before she decided to drop the test for later.  I just *can’t* with that anymore.

The pants she is wearing here are the Emilya’s that are the 12L.  I made them about a year ago.  Obviously, a little short on her here, but they look cute for this outfit.  I would stay away from the Emilya’s for the larger sizes, unless you want to redraft the crotch curve.  It ends up very pointy, so it needs be eased out a bit.  Yes, I did mention this in testing.

The problem with picking sizing on their patterns, is that they have the chest and waist measurements, but not the height.  When I did the first test, I went by those measurements and it was way too tight (she fit in the size 8 measurements).

Overall, the jacket turned out cute, and I hope she wears it a little bit.  Not sure that she will, though, since it isn’t “stretchy”.  This kid is all about knit now.  It may just end up going to the give away pile, which makes me bummed since I love the fabric on it.

For a quick kid’s jacket it turned out cute.  If I had bought the pattern, I would have redone the collar and lengthened the body a bit, but this was for a pattern test.   I will watch to see if they come out with this as a pattern.  I’m curious to see if anyone has fit issues.

*Update: I have been informed that this designer is no longer with the company, so it won’t be released by them.  There will also be an update to the Emilya’s pattern soon.