Interfacing the Jacket

I carved out a little time to work on my jacket today, very little time, but now I should be set to actually begin to sew.

Today was interfacing day.

Simplicity 4047 is not a highly structured jacket.  The primary areas to be interfaced are the front facings, back neck facings and the sleeve facings.  I did not interface the sleeve facings today because I am not sure how I am handling the sleeves.

First, however a decision had to be made as to what interfacing to use.    My old standby interfacings for collars cuffs and facings have been Armo Weft and Fusi Knit but I have occasionally used other things as well.  As interfacing varies on each fabric, and I have several interfacings in house at the moment, a little test run seemed feasible.

Fusi Knit             Made the fabric seem thick and oddly stiff.

Suitmaker 660   Did not seem to "thicken" the feel of the fabric but it was almost too crisp for the style

Armani Interfacing from Sandra Betzina — made the fabric seem too thick and bulky. 

Armo Weft  was very nice, support but the hand changed very little, less on the bias than on the straight of the front, but all in all a nice feel to the finished result.   Pam’s Pro Weft seems to be the same interfacing or so similar that I haven’t really been able to tell the difference on any test so far.  However, since I have two bolts of Armo Weft (purchased when I mostly sewed jackets) I might as well stick to that for now.

I had just enough Armo Weft washed to interface this jacket.  Once the interfacing was applied and left to cool, I washed several more yards of Armo Weft and hung it up to dry as I have a few more jackets and coats in the plans.

I don’t think I will get any further with this tonight.  It is time to get to work on dinner and Monday was so hectic I did not get to the ironing.  Tonight’s plan calls for televison and ironing.  If I finish before I fall over in exhaustion I may come up and start sewing, but more likely I will just knit.