Mid July and the pedal is to the metal for many!

A day trip to the beach is planned but because of weather, may be postponed. Possibly a very good week to pull a chair up to the machine in the a/c while letting the rain fall outside and water the tomatoes!
I just machine stitched the buttons on to my summer project — a rain jacket. I had one I liked but managed to “scrape” a whole in the front while having it carelessly crammed on top of my small rolling suitcase and zipping through an airport.
I decided it was the perfect opportunity to make one.
I will admit having not done a thorough search for water proof fabric, but found a suitable one at Hancocks.
I decided to line it with a lightweight, thin “lawn” to keep the extruded, woven plastic fibers away from my skin.
I was looking for a practical kaki/tan type of something, and ended up with a turquoise with the lining in white/turquoise and purple butterflies…..lol—not at all the plan.
The jacket came out nicely (although this fabric has less body than it’s predecessor so the shape is a more “relaxed”
I used McCalls 6517 and thought it looked just as the photo and line drawing looked:
http://mccallpattern.mccall.com/m6517-products-16299.php?page_id=96

I’ll attempt my own photo of the finished product and post it soon:)