Mini 2172 and Planes Jacket (2015)

I loved making the 2172 and thought it would be great to scale down for my daughter. There was significant guess work involved in doing this!!! I did the jacket first, which was worn with a hitched up skirt from a charity shop, but then also made her the skirt. This butterfly fabric is one of my very favourites, and after making this I bought more, and made myself a ‘normal’ everyday jacket out of it.

I think it turned out pretty well 🙂 She has grown out of this too now, and I am always delighted to see our friends’ daughter wearing it (probably more often than mine ever did!)

I like the shape of 2172 so much I thought I could use it to make a jacket for my son too. He chose a really expensive fabric from The Fent in Macclesfield. They were extremely helpful. Asked what I was planning to make, looked at the size of him, and advised how much they thought I would need to save money. They were blob on too. I had bought a bit extra to what they said, and they said that would be enough to make him a cushion cover. There was, but I still haven’t made it!!!

Anyway, I took the back of 2172, downsized, of course. Used the front of a double breasted waistcoat, and made it jacket shaped!!! And also used the style from the back of the sweeney todd waistcoat. I love how it turned out, and so did my boy!

I love this picture of them together.