last orange juicy couture jacket

the last one, for which lan cut out the fabric with me ages ago, is finally finished. i'm not a fan of repeat projects, so this really loomed over my head. like a dark stormy cloud, reminiscent of the dark stormy clouds that loomed over nikki and my heads while we trekked for 2 hours in the bahamas! (yes, that's where i disappeared to last week. no worries, i'm alive despite the numerous travails we faced!) i'll eventually snap a cute pic of lan in it, when i see her in 2 weekends. but for now, my skinny minnie mannequin will have to do.for this jacket, i decided to do 4 buttons instead of 3, but i put them closer together so that the range of the buttons remains the same. the left panel is a little longer than the right. GAH! unfortunately there's not much I can do. oh well. it's not really all that noticeable. the side has an even worse problem: puckering at the bottom hem. DOUBLE GAH! people at work to whom i showed the finished product claim it's not noticeable at all. however, i may bite the bullet tonight and take out the bottom part of the hem just at the side to redo it. (and thus i'll have to do the same to the other side... TRIPLE GAH!) do note the perfect cross at the armpits. *victory dance, victory dance*on the back, i sewed down the box pleat, as mom's jacket ended up being too wide on her. lan and her are similarly built, so i figured lan's jacket would have to be slimmed down too. i took in the sleeves lengthwise and widthwise so they wouldn't be so baggy. mom is going to bring hers back to me when she's in town for father's day so that i can take in her sleeves and sides as well!

and speaking of father's day... next project: quilted laptop case for dad's small laptop! (his current one is too big for his tiny laptop.) don't tell dad! shh!! oh, and might i note that i've never made a quilt before. this might be interesting...