Finally added the buttons and button holes onto the garment. I realised that having it double breasted still only meant I needed two...

The lining is now attached to the outer pieces and I couldn't be happier. There's areas that aren't great, such as the collar but I know...

Started to create the inner lining from a viscoes twill. This was very hard due the slippy quality of the fabric but I managed to...

Today I've started to make my final blazer for the project. I've only created to outer shell and pocket, as I don't want to push it too...

Finally getting around to starting my final blazer piece, having cut out my lining and fusing today. Trying to get my head around how to...

The final practice of the construction of a blazer is the lapel and collar, around the shoulder. The most important part of this sector,...

This toile was mainly to see whether the armhole and sleeve worked better, which is why I only produced the one sleeve. It was also to...

THE POCKETS In this construction section we had to make a classic blazer pocket with jets and a flap. This type of construction had to be...

Better, but still needs areas to look at/explore! I reverted back to the original toile I did for this project, as I thought it fitted on...

As I am starting my blazer, I had some workshops to help sample certain areas of the blazer and to get used to adding lining into...

Using a different approach, I tried to create my blazer through finding my measurements and creating the block from that. This meant...

I started with the jacket block, as I knew that the all of it should match up. Things that I changed from the block: - Removed the...

From Truro Fabrics, I got a black crepe polyester for £12.99 a metre, as it looked more expensive and thicker than the £6.99. However, it...

Even though I have some ideas for fabric choice, I want to design my blazer first so it can influence choices I make for the material....