Daywear Jacket Style Question

[Bugbear]

Well... For what it's worth, I have continued to work on the jacket, since I cut it back to the hem allowances. Too late to turn back now.

I have sewn down the parts of the folds on the back that had been pinned down. This created the new side seam, for lack of a better term, and they are about three inches long, I think. I also closed the back vent and pressed the seam allowances for that, as well as the creaces of the pleat on either side that makes the back flap. The hem across the back flap is lightly pressed in, also.

There is plenty more sewing to do on those pleats, but having the creaces there will help me. I put a stitch at the bottom of each creace to hold it there. I'm kind of using ideas from the kilts here, and I will be adding a stabilizer across that back part that I sewed down to make the new side seams. This will attach to the pocket structures to continue the stabilizer on around to the front, .

I did not press the darts above the new side seams yet. However, I pinned on the pocket flaps that will extend the pockets as a kind of cuff. I could get my hand in the pocket just fine, so that worked out. Still not sure about adding the middle button and buttonhole.

I just like working on the jackets I guess.