Also Making a Muslin

Simplicity 4032 The 2013 Style the Stash Sew A Long starts tomorrow on the 1st June. For those of you new to this blog, this is a small sew-a-long for stashists and stashaholics who want some encouragement to use their stashes. To see what we are up to, visit: www.stylethestashsewalong.blogspot.com I really need to make a basic casual wardrobe capsule and thought I would start with a casual jacket. This pattern is sized for knits and I am going to use a lightweight polar fleece. I'm not that familiar with sewing knits so I am going to make up a muslin first out of the scraps left over from the warm cosy pants. I also don't know how Simplicity's sizes work with my shape, so that is another good reason to test the pattern. Although it's not fun, I traced the pattern pieces in the size I wanted - that way, if I am way off track, I still have the pattern to retrace in another size. Facing traced off and cut I have marked the waistline on back and