Daywear Jacket Style Question

[Bugbear]

This time around, I sewed the backside of the pocket lining back on; it was sewn to the pocket with the same stitching as the pocket flaps. This closed the back, top-inside of the pocket off, then I sewed the flap, which is now turned upside down, to the front edge of the slit pocket. When I stitch the sides of the flaps to the jacket, these will make necks or cuffs for the pockets.

Before I did any of that, I pressed the back flap's corners to see if it would help the issue I was having with my stitching there. It did, and it looks good to me now. There's still more work to do on that back flap though.

I also got out my first kilt jacket conversion, the corduroy, and compared the fronts face to face. The curved cutaways are going to be in just about the same place, so I'm not going to worry about that anymore.

I like the fit of this new conversion more than the corduroy, but the cord has a different character... more rugged and thick, so I would leave it as it is. Also, I think the pleating approach has a lot of potintial with jackets that are too large around the waist, but fit the chest and shoulders. The corduroy jacket had a slim waist to begin with, so it workd out all right.

Not sure how this will look in the end, but since it was all ready started, I might as well finnish it. Guess I'm really not in any hurry; everything's up in the air with all of this, anyway.

* I guess this thread is dead, but as a final note... I did not like the way the pocket cuffs looked, so removed them, turned them back around and sewed them on as the flaps that they were intended to be. They are two inches above the pocket slits, but the pockets are still fairly good sized. I'm just going to leave it as a two button jacket, not that it matters. Guess that's the end of it. *