I make shirts for my husband, and my future son-in-law.  Both are tall, so I lengthen them, And SIL is quite specific about his shirts.  He is a farmer, and is tall with broad shoulders, a tummy, and snake hips.  He likes long sleeves.  To me, the shirts look huge, but that’s how he likes them. 

I finished the Cream jacket and I like it.  I’m a bit miffed at making the silly mistake of putting the zipper on the wrong side, but there you go.  It should have gold studs at the corners of the fronts, and 2 along the bottom but I struggled with putting the studs in and didn’t want to spoil the jacket.  It’s a poor pic of both the jacket and me,  the shoulders look lumpy, and it looks a lot better when I’m stood up but there you are.  We were having coffee in York, opposite Betty’s and the sun was in my eyes.

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Then there is my next big project.  My son is getting married at the end of July, so I need a Nice dress/jacket.  I’ve chosen this.

https://www.sewdirect.com/product/v1536/?attribute_size=E5+%2814-16-18-20-22%29

I’ve got a lovely blue jacquard similar to this,
https://www.minerva.com/mp/1239327/embroidered-taffeta-fabric-duck-egg-blue&variant=1077640, but more ‘bluebell’ blue.  (It’s a LOT more expensive than that fabric as well.). I’ve made my toile, lengthened it in the skirt and upper chest, shortened it in the waist and finally got the princess seam under the arm to fit properly. 
My 83 year old mum was helping me, and I was fussing about the fit of the bust.  It suddenly dawned on her, that this dress will fit ‘me’.  The armholes won’t be too big and the shoulder seam will be on my shoulder instead of rolled forwards.  She finally understood WHY I sew.  It’s not a ‘poverty’ option, it’s a ‘made to fit’ option.

So I’ve altered my patterns and seriously considering making another toile just to ‘check’.  Then it will be time to put scissors to fabric.  Gulp.

You have the zip on the right lapel going over the left shoulder, the pattern illustration is the mirror image.

....... I know

I love that Vogue pattern as well, but since losing a lot of weight, my shape is not what it was when I was younger and I can’t get away with peplums anymore. 

https://www.burdastyle.com/boucle-biker-jacket-107-03-19.html

This is currently a work in progress.  It’s a bit like the technical challenge on GBSB, the instructions are minimal, lol. They make StyleArc instructions look really easy in comparison.  No diagrams, just sparse paragraphs.
There were no seam allowances, so I added 1” seam allowances to allow for the fabric fraying, and made a toile.  I transferred any alterations over to my fabric and made a start.  Notches are an issue because they disappear, so the individual pattern pieces are kept close, for reference.

I decided to complicate things even further and quilt the lining to the ivory cotton/viscose boucle I bought from Fabworks.  This meant I certainly couldn’t make the lining as per the instructions, and influenced how I attached the facings.  This affected how I applied the collar, and ended up unpicking a lot of the collar, inserting the facings into the correct place.  I should have done the facings first, then put the collar on.  There is a lot of hand sewing on that collar!  Lol
The collar instructions said to trim the seam allowances to 1/4”.  If I did this, it would have fallen to pieces because of the fabric’s tendency to fall apart in bits of ivory thread... even though I interfaced every piece before sewing it together!

Currently, the zipper in in, the collar is on and just needs a little bit more hand stitching.  The next job is to put the zippers in the sleeve cuffs, make the sleeves, hand sew the lining seams, then insert the sleeves.  Light at the end of the tunnel. 
No.1 husband commented last night that I will be able to wear it when we go out when lockdown eases.  Going out?  Wow

I quite like the pleather skirt.  I also like white blouse with the sweetheart neckline.  I also like the lilac jumpsuit,  it the waistline doesn’t look to be in the right place.  Other than that....  nope.  I dont like these huge fussy collars and never got to grips with big, statement sleeves.

Very nice, well done.

I’ve got this pattern, you’ve inspired me.

How big are those decals?

https://www.emblibrary.com/EL/search.aspx?search=Fanciful%20flurry

Here's the link to one of the snowflakes.  It comes in a variety of sizes.