Almost but not yet complete

I thought I would finish jacket today! Not!!!

I have been sewing since 1960's with some breaks in between. Today I did the dumbest thing. The jacket front is kimono style jacket so sleeves, shoulders, neck, front are all one piece. Somehow I turned around the pattern piece for one jacket front and sew the front to the back shoulder. I knew when I was pinning the piece that it was hard to match up from neck edge to sleeve edge. I then basted the side seams to check the fit. At one point in my sewing I would not have done this. But now I do this regularly as I have gotten better at fitting while sewing.

After basting and putting jacket on, I thought I had really done a terrible job of cutting out the pattern pieces. I had traced a right and left front piece to cut out the fabric since I had limited fabric and was in line with the pattern instructions. I decided that I needed to undo the sewn front to back shoulder seams and then match up both front pieces. In doing this, I learned what I had done!! Boy, a senior moment or what.

Anyway now all is correctly sewn together. I completed all the topstitching. What's left is serge finishing the edge of the collar, serge finishing the front and neckline. This is being done with a two thread serge finish using the Sulky Thread that I used in the embroidery. This will be a decorative edge finish. The collar will then be attached, and the bottom and sleeve edges with be decoratively serged finished. Viola, complete at that point.