Lurking, and New Year Resolutions

I started sewing about 5 years ago.  Well, I started hoarding fabric then and sewing occasionally.  In the past 2 years I have become a lurker.  That's right.  Someone who enjoys clicking around sewing blogs, watching others progress, loving the results and inspiration, but never leaving comments.  Never telling talented seamstresses how amazing they are and what I've learned from their work.  No more.  New Years Resolution number one:  Be friendly to the sewing community.  It's about time:)  Anyway enough with the stalker-ish lurking talk and on to exciting plans for 2011.

• The jacket in the previous post that HAD to be documented
• a pajama set for me
• Grey business pants 
• A lovely warm winter coat
• More hoodies for the children
• Fluttering Anthro skirt knockoff (pictured above)--and drafted by ME!
• A pair of jeans
• a boyfriend jacket
• Take part in Self Stitched September
• A bag/purse.  One I really like.  One customized and awesome.

So far so good, I think.  And I'll be documenting a bunch of clothes I have already made in the last couple years.  My wardrobe is about 60% home-made.  I'm excited.  Hope this goes well:)

The Dr. Watson Jacket

Have any of you seen the BBC Sherlock?  If you haven't-you should.  It's amazing, especially for someone who has geekish tendencies and loves vocabulary.  But--check out this jacket (on Martin Freeman)

More research tells us this jacket is Haversack and retails for $1170.  Yeah.  A little rich for my blood.  However, definitely worth another look since it almost ruined the last episode for me because I was so preoccupied.

  

Shall we have another look?

Mmmm, yes. Corduroy collar, right shoulder leather, leather reinforced elbows.  I have to make this jacket.  (Hopefully my husband will wear it right?)

In looking for patterns this is the only one I found was KwikSew3123

It is very basic however, so I may save myself the money and just draft the pattern myself.  And let's not kid.  This jacket won't be ready until at least the fall.

Amber