…………………..The three items above were perfect add ons to anyone’s wardrobe….The fleece/velour type jacket was taken from a book I have on Military clothing. It had contrast piping on the stand collar, down the front, the PIPED BUTTON HOLES down the front, on the four pocket flaps and on the sleeve band. The buttons were antique gold…….There were four pocket flaps with the gold buttons and all of the body seams were top stitched for added detail and tailoring. All of the piping especially the button holes gave the jacket a lot of pizzazz, and was authentic to the dress military British uniforms I used as inspiration…..Another jacket that very labor intensive, and was far from easy to make!……The top below was one of my favorites….It was in a beautiful quality of rayon span. I always used a heavier quality than everyone else, because I hated jerseys that clung and showed every imperfection…..that said any jersey of this type, depending on the style of the garment, should only be worn by women it flatters. TOO often I see women in jersey tops or knit pants and I cringe. Don’t they look in a mirror or have a good friend who can tell them NO. The things I have seen, and I’m sure you have too are simply horrifying!…..but I digress………The top had long raglan sleeves and a some what fitted body….but it was the shirred curved band at the top that was the magic. It was made in CRINKLE GEORGETTE. It had a piped ballet neckline. The band was approx. three inches wide so it came down onto the top of the arm and across the bodice….it was a fabulous top and still wonderful today. We did it in Purple and Smoke…..there must have been a reason that we didn’t do it in black. There must have been other Smoke things in the Sept. group…….The top at the bottom left was another rayon jersey top that had shirring details to create the design. Tops like this had to be FITTED. The measurement HAD TO BE SMALLER than the actual body measurements or the top would droop instead of stretching over the body to create the draping…..Frankly, these were the designs I had the most disagreements about. I wanted them much smaller that “they” were willing to go. Women were confused by the measurements and thought they would be too small, but that’s exactly how they should have been. Women who bought them one or even two sizes bigger were never happy with the way they fit, and always blamed the fit of the garment as being baggy rather than the fact that they bought them too big. Most of the time when measurements of STRETCH GARMENTS seam too small it is because they are STRETCH! I have often heard from women who were confused by the measurements of ENR WK sweaters because they seemed too small….but the EN is very stretchy, and if bought too big would look baggy, and sometimes that WAS the complaint. I wanted to tell them “you bought them too big” but they couldn’t hear me………LOL