My Little Black Jacket

(This is my second catch up post)... Forget little black dresses, I just don't wear them. Give me a cardigan jacket to throw on over whatever else I am wearing, and I am happy. Trouble is, I have never owned one, because they are too expensive for me and also don't fit. So it was about time I turned to needle, thread, fabric and machine and make one to fit me. I was also making this garment for the Make a Garment a Month challenge. This month, the challenge was to find the oldest piece of fabric in your stash and make something from that. I happened to have a very small piece of wool and mohair mercerized worsted fabric in the stash. only it was a piece kept by a retired tailor, and it had lots of flaws in it. Presumably he though he might one day find a use for it, just like we blogging sewers try and rationalize over pieces of really quite questionable pieces of fabric in the stash. Total, 1.25 of 150 wide, with flaws to avoid. I have had the piece in my sta