Taking measurements of my newly made sateen jacket before giving it a first soak. The size is calculated based on a shrinkage of 10% along the warp and 4% along the weft, so I hope the final size and proportions come out as intended.

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This off-white sateen jacket I just finished features a rather rare type of waist adjusters, consisting of folded loops made on a beltloop machine. Copper King and maybe a few other brands used this type on their jackets in the 1950s-70s. The buttons are plastic "cat eye" buttons to prevent scratching car seats or furniture.

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The finished off-white non-bleached sateen jacket. It is based on a design that was commonly used in the 1960s, in particular by store brands like JC Penney’s.

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The front panels. A lot of store brands made this type of jacket in the 1960s, but mostly in blue denim. The most famous is probably JC Penney’s Foremost jacket.

This is about how far I can go with my machines here in Osaka. I'll complete this next time I go back home to Tokyo, where I have my double-needle chainstitch machine.

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Something new!

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