I am absolutely in love with
this pattern! This has to be hands down the easiest thing I have ever made. The fabric/style has a lot to do with it - a lovely fulled loden boiled wool, which allowed me to leave the edges raw and forgo any seam finishes. I have also gone for a brooch fastening, rather than adding any closures so no wasting time with any buttonhole nonsense. Plus the sleeves went in like a dream. It's unlined so it doesn't look the absolute best inside. It would look better inside if the seams were top-stitched or flat felled but that wasn't the look I wanted. I could invisibly hand-stitch the seam allowances down... it's an option.
It also fitted almost perfectly out of the packet - it's just slightly wide on the shoulder so I just added a folded up bit of fabric as a sort of sleeve-head/shoulder pad as a last minute fix. I did the whole thing from start to finish in a very leisurely three hours.
I made View D, with a bit of added length and minus the buttonholes, which means it can be worn in a variety of ways.
This one is to wear to my cousin's wedding in October. I am already planning a more everyday version in a more practical colourway (petrol blue) and possibly one (in orange) for my mum for Christmas!