Morris in Orla Kiely

Blogging is not coming so easily at the moment. This blazer has been finished for a couple of months, I have a stack of new items to photograph and I'm only just getting to this one. I guess my lack of love for this item has delayed its post.

You see, I love Morris. I love this Orla Keily fabric (You can see Kate Middleton wearing the brown colourway of this fabric in a coat dress here). But this blazer ain't perfect. She's warm. She's snuggly, but she's saggy!!

After making this blazer, I've since read the detail in Jen's Morris blazer sew along, about choosing fabrics, and can see that she has pointed out the problems with 4 way stretch fabric sagging. I guess I was a little too late in reading that, and perhaps some more interfacing on the outer would have been a good idea.

I think this is definitely salvageable though. I fully lined this blazer, as I found the Orla Kiely wool knit a little scratchy, so I plan to unpick the lining, possibly shrink the wool a little with steam or at least affix some knit interfacing and then lengthen the lining to fit. 

The key problem with this necessary fix, is motivation and time. I'm just not feeling the sewing love this school holidays. I'm really struggling to get motivated. I've still been playing around in my sewing room and experimenting with different things, but I've not felt that overwhelming drive to make things these holidays. 

I'm not sure if that's because I really don't need any clothes at the moment, but I am sure that I'll be a dying to make something as soon as I don't have the time to do it - Murphy's law right?

I'm going to try to schedule some photography time this week so I can show you some of my more recent makes. Hopefully the weather holds for me.