The Floral Appliqued Bomber Jacket That Only Took A Year to Complete: McCall's 7100
What?!? A year to sew a bomber jacket? Okay, true confession. It didn't really take a year to sew this bomber jacket. I only worked on it for seven months. But it did take me a year to blog about it! Let me back up and start at the beginning. When McCall's announced a bomber jacket sew-a-long on their blog in August 2016, I decided to join. Right away I was behind schedule as I wanted to wait for a sale to purchase the pattern (McCall's 7100 ). Next, I couldn't make up my mind what fabric to use to sew my bomber. I purchased a couple different pieces locally from SR Harris: a pretty brocade, a border print suiting, and a faux leather. But after bringing them home they just didn't say "make me into a bomber jacket". (Your fabric speaks to you too, right?) Then it hit me! I remembered this gorgeous piece of fabric I had purchased from Emma One Sock in 2010. It was described as "Milly faux leather applique border taffeta in a honey