Little Bits Done

Moving at my usual snail's pace, I am finally sewing on the jacket.  Yay!  I'm underlining this wool crepe with batiste.  It takes time to hand-baste the underlining, but time well spent.  I'm fusing interfacing to the underlining, which will prevent the crepe from collapsing from the fusing.   Also, I will hem to the underlining only, so there won't be an "pick marks" showing on the garment right side. 

Here, I've fused a 2" strip of interfacing at the hem of the batiste and am basting it to the wool.

I sew all my small pieces first--collars, cuffs, etc., so they are ready to sew to the garment when I'm at a point to need them.  I've made pocket flaps, sleeve bands, a back band and collar.  I'm top-stitching, using 2 strands of matching thread.  I have one machine set up just for top-stitching.  Here's the pocket flaps.

Now, those are totally boring pictures.  But--it's what I've done so far.  More later.