So, our latest challenge was to use a crinkly, embossed raincoat fabric that Sharon bought for US at Fabrix in San Francisco.
I wanted to use a very special RiRi zipper, so I picked a pattern with FIVE zippers...KwikSew 3764...AKA MOTO! Here she is, folks...
I had, of course, made this before,...
and think I'll love it when our weather changes (hot and humid every day, lately).
We had our usual good time doing the sew-along...lots of phone calls, texts, complaints, etc...it really is a fun thing to do. We get glimpses of each other's work, but don't see the final piece till we post on our blogs.
Be sure to go look at Sharon's Jacket!
Didja notice my new glasses? Matchy-Matchy!
Meanwhile, while I waited for the zippers
I did some more cooking from the Ottolenghi books, asking my friend Joan to dinner so I would have an excuse to try more recipes (as if I needed an excuse!)
OMG, people, this was fabulous! If I do say so myself... I also made Sweet Corn Polenta with Eggplant Sauce again, and for dessert, Cardamom Panna Cotta with Honeyed Figs
not only was this delicious, it gave me an excuse (there's that word again) to buy some cunning Weck Jars to serve it in. At this rate, I'll have to change the
name of my blog to Fool4Fabric'nFood....
Here's a close up of another Charlotte Valestra piece I love...
and here's a photo for the Style Crone's Monthly Hat Attack...
The hat is a marvelous one brought to me from South Africa by a friend; the neckpiece is another one by Charlotte Valestra.
Now I MUST get back to the MOB jacket...no more excuses! and it's 5 weeks from yesterday...
TTYL
OMG OMG OMG. I LOVE LOVE your jacket, Margy! It is even more fabulous than I expected! (And I expected it to be totally fabulous.)
ReplyDeleteAnd that hat is TO.DIE.FOR. You are SO lucky to have a friend who gets your style so well!!!
That jacket is sew... COOL! And yeah, so is the hat!
ReplyDeleteYour food looks amazing and very yum. Don't you just love cardamom?
I've seen them both and both ARE FANTASTIC! (and I should say I'm not surprised at all that they would be nothing short of perfection!)
ReplyDeleteSame old, same old...fabulousness! That jacket is divine! As are your accessories!
ReplyDeleteFabulous!!! Whilel your lining may not have that special feature (wink) it is still very special. And those zips!! Love it to bits!! And am jealous of your sewalongs. Lucky you two.
ReplyDeleteWell, after viewing both challenge jackets (yours & Sharon's) I really can't decide which one has more fabulousness! Hope you 2 decide to do this challenge again!!! Love your quirky hat.
ReplyDeleteKaren
Too much to love in this post! I have to say I find the glasses remarkable because they are so entirely your style--who else could wear them?
ReplyDeleteI love a moto style jacket and your red one is fabulous. I also love your hat for Judith's Hat Attack. Xxoo
ReplyDeleteGreat jacket, fabulous zippers and the glasses send the entire look over the top!
ReplyDeleteBoth are really great! You mentioned losing 50 lbs at one point...is it possible for your blog readers to find out how? You sure didn't cut out delicious food!
ReplyDeleteOohhhh, most excellent! This is pure gorgeousness and you are too! I love this red version of the moto jacket even more than your black one. And the hat is marvelous.
ReplyDeleteSuper zippers! I'd wait for those, too. Nice jacket, very edgy
ReplyDeleteLove it love it love it.
ReplyDeleteThe moto jacket was MADE for you! And those zips!!! Oh lordy, give me a fan! Great challenge, great results :)
ReplyDeleteYour jacket with zippers is incredible. And the new glasses are just as fabulous!
ReplyDeleteYour hat from South Africa has given me a major Hat Attack. Thank you for linking up with September's installment!
Margy - love your red mojo jacket! You look fab, as usual. But what I REALLY want are your red glass frames! Must tell me where you found them.
ReplyDeleteLove everything you have done with this red mojo jacket! Your sewing skill and eye for detail are to be congratulated...J
ReplyDeleteLove that jacket and those zippers!!! I have to delve into those recipes they sound amazing! xo
ReplyDeleteLove the jacket and your hat is so cool! You are fabulous.
ReplyDeleteblue hue wonderland
The Moto jacket is perfection! You look marvelous and a tiny bit dangerous. The zippers are amazing - I had no idea such zippers even existed. Your glasses are the final haut mode touch. Margy you are an inspiration, there's no way around it.
ReplyDeletePerfekt! The red jacket ,the zipper the glasses and your courage to wear all this things :-)
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Christine
What beautiful jackets you both made. Very distinctive and it looks wonderful on you. Superb details.
ReplyDeleteThe recipe looks good too. I've tried a few of Ottolengi's recipes and am a fan. Must try this one some day.
Absolutely fabulous jacket. You just ooze style.
ReplyDeleteSuch a fabulous jacket. Love the zippers and your new glasses.
ReplyDeleteAnother wonderful jacket with that KS pattern, Margy. I'm going to have to follow in your illustrious footsteps one of these days and make one for myself. I'm also intrigued by the Roasted Chicken recipe. I'll be trying it this week. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteIt's gorgeous! Love the colour, and love the way your glasses go with it. Nothing wrong with matchy-matchy sometimes. As long as it's not carried too far, it can be a good thing. I must say, I'm a fool for fabric as well. If there is ever a disaster, I shall still have new clothes from my fabric stash til at least the year 2199. Yes, more fabric than life left. How did that happen?
ReplyDeleteMuch love from England,
Rosemary from www.foreveronthecatwalkoflife.blogspot.com
You are a formidably beautiful woman! Love the red jacket. Could never pull it off, but can admire from afar.
ReplyDeleteSuperb, just superb. Both jackets are wonderful - I'm so envious of your fabric resources, and as for those zips, I've been trying for years to get my dibs on Riri zips to no avail. Enjoy your wonderful creations!
ReplyDeleteThat an absolutely gorgeous jacket. I love everything about it. Now I want one!!
ReplyDeleteI love this gorgeous jacket! What a wonderful challenge between friends...I'm sure it was a thrill to sew together!
ReplyDeleteFabulous iteration! Those zippers truly are TDF.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Mardy for leaving a comment on my Marci Tilton jacket. I'm so flattered . You are such an inspiration. You've got me wanting to make a motorcycle jacket and I haven't been near a motorcycle since I was 19!!!
ReplyDeleteMy 2nd visit. You really are a sassy seamstress! The food looks wonderful. I haven't seriously sewn since college. However, I'm a very fine cook and those recipes are calling my name.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah! Those zippers were meant to be married with that fabric! Well done Margy! Interesting that both you and Sharon chose patterns with lots of zippers.
ReplyDeleteYou make me hungry for both sewing and cooking. :)
I'm over the moon in love with your jacket, and on you! I'm so in awe of your abilities ... that's an overused expression, along with "awesome'and often too casually used. But it fits my appreciation at what a pistol this project would have been for anyone with less than stellar skills. If I had a hat on, it would be off to you.
ReplyDeleteWhat a edgy-cool winter you're going to have, you sly lady!
I love your jacket! It's has great zippers, too (I just read Sham's review). I enjoyed reading your fabric challenge!
ReplyDeleteAll I can say is, your talent is amazing! I so wish I could sew like that. You are so skilled.
ReplyDeleteI swoon!!! This is so fabulous - the jacket, the zippers, the matchy, the food. Are you sure you're not in possession of a Martha Stewart-esque army of support staff?!? Fantastic work, Margy.
ReplyDeleteWow! It's beautiful and I love the zippers. I love your jacket so much I am ordering the pattern :)
ReplyDeleteI love that pattern, and that jacket is fabulous! It was well worth waiting for the special zippers which look amazing.
ReplyDeleteI am going to have to investigate the Ottolenghi cookery books, the recipes you have shown make me drool :)
Totally agree with everyone here...Your jacket is one of the best...right up there on the top because you look like 110% gorgeous in it!!! What an inspiration!
ReplyDeletefantastic outfit and the food looks very yummy...
ReplyDeleteciao ciao from Switzerland, Christa
Your new jacket oozes style. Everything about it is perfect - fabric, zips, workmanship. Go lady!
ReplyDeleteOMG .... glasses, glasses, glasses! I love them! And I have 16 pairs of bifocal glasses all with color. Delicic!
ReplyDeleteThat jacket is so fabulous!!!! I would totally steal it from your closet. I am impressed that you tackled the fresh corn polenta with eggplant sauce twice. The recipe was delicious but it was so much work I don't think I'll ever make it again!
ReplyDeleteI have been reading your blog new to old for the last couple of hours, clicking on every outbound link, love the Yellow Skirt, the beautiful family wedding, your trip to the Amazon, your witty candor, the weck jars, but most of all how much you remind me of my awesome fashionista Grandmother who's been gone almost a decade! She made laugh and focus on details and always had the snazziest eyewear there was!!! Thanks you so very much for the joy! Now I must get back to reading your blog and am motivated to finally start my own!!! Ronda in Bend, Oregon
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