I made this cool new little jacket/cape/abbreviated trench coat thing! I don’t know how else to describe it really!
This is the new Delma pattern by Fibremood; it’s a very wide, yet very cropped little jacket, with trench inspired details like a gun flap at the front and storm cape at the back. The sides are buttoned closed with arrowhead tabs, which themselves have a trench-inspired air about them too.
I added bellows pockets to the front of mine, for visual interest, and also because pockets too, of course! These have plain, unbuttoned flaps over them.
The fabric is a bone coloured cotton drill from old old stash. I can’t even remember buying this, that’s how long it’s been a-languishing. I know I’ve said this before, but I have to say it again; I’m so happy to be finally liberating all these fabrics into my wardrobe!
The buttons are Billabong, harvested from off a pair of old worn cargo shorts of one of my boys. Luckily I had enough and they were absolutely perfect in colour and style for this jacket!
I bought some new dating labels too! These “made in 2024” are from Intensely Distracted. I was all set to buy the same ones I’ve bought in previous years, the Kylie and the Machine “circa 20xx” ones, which I really like. Unfortunately though, they were not releasing the colour way I wanted; the black writing on white background. Last year I bought the white writing on black “circa 2023” and although I used them all, I have to be honest that I didn’t really like this colour way. Anyway, I do really like these ones!
I’m wearing the jacket here with my old black corduroy jeans, made using the old Burda 7863, that I used to use a LOT back in the day! and also my yellow clogs, made using a kit from leather needle thread. I’ve linked to those things made previously… Fun fact; it was about 40C when I was taking these pictures, and I was practically dying of the heat here, if you can’t tell. Phew! In a few months though I’m sure the weather will have cooled down enough to wear this outfit for real. I hope so because I really love it!
