secret project nearly complete!

so, continuing from yesterday, i solved my cut vs. trim issue by basting the material as if there still were .5" of a seam left on the edge, and then sewing my usual 5/8" seam! yes, if you did your math correctly, i had 1/8" or .125" of space with which to work. harrowing experience, let me just say. you may recall from dad's 2 dress shirts that one of my fav sewing activities is to fall off the edge while edge sewing... i did well, no? never fell off once! luckily, after sewing these edges, i then was required to trim them! so, essentially i just did the trimming before the sewing. hehethe collar was awesome, although very thick! there were 9 tucks in the peter pan collar, which were each 1/4" wide. i love the detail it provides in contrast with the jacket's quilted material! the straight lines also provided a nice juxtaposition with the rounded collar. the fabric for the yoke (upper chest part) is positioned at a 90 degree angle to the main body, so the lines of the fabric also contrast each other! i hit up g street fabrics during their notions sale and scored 18k gold toned buttons for 75c each! (if you think that's pricy, regular price was easily $3+!) the buttons have some swirly motif on them. again, good contrast to the boxy quilting of the fabric!
here's the front of the whole thing. i have yet to whipstitch the top and bottom buttonholes and to sew on the corresponding buttons. that'll be for tonight! (along with the baking of some treats for mom!) yippee!the jacket is a bit wider than i had hoped. i guess it was supposed to be a swing jacket. mom tends to be cold all the time, so i'm assuming she's probably going to wear a long sleeve shirt under. she's also a little bigger than me (and 3 inches taller!), so it'll hopefully fit her better than me. i guess i'll always be her "little" girl!

happy mother's day mom! stay tuned for a cute pic of her in it! the rents are coming to visit this week! i'm getting a new oven!! say goodbye to the oven from 1964!