I am starting to put the pieces together, but first I wanted to point out some more of my cutting technique with this pattern. The pattern envelope is a little deceptive: It clearly shows a houndstooth pattern and the pattern appears to go very evenly along the middle horizontal seam If I had cut the pattern exactly as the pattern pieces, that line would angle up, not go straight across. Something to keep in mind. This is the front piece,…
I am now ‘houndstooth obsessed’ from working on this jacket. I decided to dig up some facts about this particular pattern. Where does the name come from? And does it really look like a hound’s tooth?I turned to Wikipedia first : Houndstooth or houndstooth check is a duotone textile pattern, characterized by broken checks or abstract four-pointed shapes. Houndstooth checks originated in woven wool cloth of the Scottish Lowlands. The traditional houndstooth check is made with alternating bands of four…
Back from our not so great holiday to Squaw Valley and feverishly sewing. What have I been working on for my first project for 2008? This cute jacket, the short version. With a lovely 1/4 inch houndstooth wool purchased last week at Stonemountain and Daughter in Berkeley. I’ve never sewn with houndstooth before so the first thing I did before cutting was study the fabric. I realized that houndstooth is a very distinct pattern that has a direction. And much…