Wonderful silk velvet fabric I bought in Chu Shing Textiles, a great shop in Toronto Chinatown. They made me a discount at 68 $/m, which with a 1,5m is a total cost of 70 €. The seller assured it was pure silk, but I believe velvet is made of silk (wrong side) and viscose (right side)... I guess I'll never know.
I bought it with the idea of making a dress, but I kept wondering about the tights I would wear... Finally, I found a woven jumpsuit pattern in an old Patrones magazine, and I thought it would be perfect if I could squeeze it into 1,5 m of fabric. With the old trick of making an addition to the back crotch area, I could make it. I had doubts about the quality of the pattern, and I previously made a toile, Then, I realized it was very short in the crotch area. I elongated the back crotch 5 cm! And I also cut both back and front crotch lines 2 cm lower. Such huge mistakes in a pattern, what a disaster. Patrones magazine is not reliable in pattern construction, as I've experienced many times. I will throw them all away. Regarding the pattern magazines I have available here, BurdaStyle is to be trusted, and they have it in my local library.
Well, I am not sure about the result. I could wear it in the school Christmas festival (some extravaganza is expected there...) with this great black blazer, but I cannot imagine any more situations where I can wear it. The result did not meet my high expectations.
In only two weeks time, and me being very busy in general, I had to manage to make this black wool blazer to dignify the Pink Panther Jumpsuit.
I found a great pattern in Burda's website, and I bought it for 5€, because I plan to use it again. I like it because it is quite fitted, and it has vertical underbust darts, going up from the pockets. Revers and collar are small and elegant, and as usual with Burda patterns, has a superb sleeve. I tried to make all the steps as carefully as possible, but the short deadline and the fact that I do not completely master the tailoring techniques might have caused this blazer not to be perfect. Very nice, yes, but I have way to learn and to improve as a seamstress, specially when sewing with wool. Wool is difficult because it is usually difficult to press, and that complicates tailoring. In this case, though, this fabric from Ribes i Casals behaved handsomely under the iron. 
Regarding that, I bought a book about tailoring that I am reading now, it is very interesting. Apparently, one of the mistakes I made was to move the iron up and down the fabric instead of just pressing it. That silly mistake completely misshaped some cotton pants I made some time ago, (more in future posts).
I was not happy with the lining, neither. It was beautiful, but too bulky on hems. I hope it will improve with wear. Also, the neck roll moves, and I have to set it every time I put on the jacket, it does not settle on its own. And sleeves are 2 or 3cm too long.
I will be more careful with all those issues in my next rendition of the pattern, for which I have a gorgeous blue wool.
