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Fitting the Heather Blazer


Young Asian female in a white linen Heather Blazer by the Friday Pattern Company, with her right hand in the front patch pocket, worn with grey jeans, white trainers and a Sagebrush Top

I attended The Classic Blazer workshop with Claire Tyler which came days after the Sienna Maker Jacket Course with Lynda Maynard ended and so I had a reference point with this in terms of sizing. I’d seen several reviews where sewers found sizing on the Heather Blazer on the large side and wish they had sized down by one or two sizes.


Cream Heather Blazer on a regular model and a plaid one on a plus sized model

When comparing it with the finished garment measurements on the Sienna, I found that they were very similar to that of the extra small size on the Heather, even though my measurements matched size medium more closely on the size chart. I decided to continue with extra small for my toile as I knew my Sienna Jacket had a good amount of ease already.


Young Asian female wearing a cream Sienna Maker Jacket

This post is all about my fitting process. You can read my review of the pattern here, and the Classic Blazer workshop with Claire Tyler here.




First toile

Here is my first toile made up in size XS without the sleeves.



Observations

The issues I could see were:


1. Gaping front neckline


Close up view of Heather Blazer toile with front neckline gaping

2. Gaping back armholes



3. Vertical drag lines on the back.


4. The back hem flares out


Adjustments

Here’s how I dealt with each issue.


1. Gaping front neckline

Front view of Heather Blazer toile with front neckline gaping pinned out on either side

I pinned out the excess at the front neckline which indicated I needed 2 centimetres removed from each side. Thankfully, I already found a good fix from Alexandra Morgan having had the same issue with my Sienna Maker Jacket and so I knew how to adjust this. I describe the process in my post here.