Burdastyle Jacket in Linen
I had this lovely piece of heavy weight linen sitting in my stash for a few years now. I bought it originally to make pants but it became apparent that it would make a better jacket. The only problem was what jacket to make! I know blazers are very popular at the moment but I already have two that rarely see the light of day so I wanted something that was a little more casual. As I often do when lacking inspiration, I pulled out my stack of Burdastyle magazines and came across, 118 from 10/2017. What appealed to me was the colour which is a little different with its pleats and large colours are popular at the moment. It looked slightly boxy without swamping my small frame. I was sold! This jacket as drafted, is lined but I find synthetic lining doesn't breathe very well in spring and summer so I opted to line mine with a printed rayon that I picked up at Spotlight on clearance. After my initial try on, I had to run the jacket in quite significantly at the side seams and na
