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Lauren’s Minoru Jacket

By on December 2, 2011 in Patterns

Happy Friday! Today I have another awesome pattern tester’s Minoru Jacket to share with you. You may have already seen Lauren from Lladybird’s white Minoru jacket, but in case you haven’t, here it is! Click to check out Lauren’s blog post on pattern testing, and see about twenty more photos of her jacket from all [...]

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Rachel’s Minoru Jacket

By on November 24, 2011 in Patterns

Another Minoru Jacket from pattern testing! Rachel from Melbourne used a waterproof cotton canvas fabric, in a fun shade of pink. Talk about brightening up a rainy day! Rachel used a cotton print for the main lining, but lined the sleeves with a slippery fabric so it would be easy to wear over sweaters (jumpers). [...]

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Anna’s Minoru Jacket

By on November 21, 2011 in Patterns

Happy Monday, everyone! I’m back with another version of the Minoru Jacket. This one is from Anna, a pattern tester from Italy. Pretty awesome to think that someone in Japan and someone in Italy could be wearing a Minoru Jacket, on complete opposite sides of the world. And all of us in North America in [...]

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Liz’s Minoru Jacket

By on November 15, 2011 in Inspiration and Everything Else

Many of you have asked about using wool or other dressier, suiting fabrics for the Minoru Jacket. What better way to answer the question than show you an actual jacket using a wool fabric? Liz from Zilredloh used a wool blend fabric for pattern testing the Minoru Jacket, and it turned out beautifully! Click to [...]

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Novita’s Minoru Jacket

By on November 11, 2011 in Patterns

Hey, everyone! I’m thrilled to share another pattern tester’s Minoru Jacket today! Today’s jacket is made by Novita of Very Purple Person. Novita lives in Japan, one of the farthest-away pattern testers! You may have already seen Novita’s lovely denim version she posted on her blog this week but in case you haven’t, take a [...]

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Minoru Jacket: Envelope Back and PDF

By on November 9, 2011 in Patterns

Hello everyone! I’m catching up on a few things you asked for, starting with the fabric requirements and sizing information for the Minoru Jacket. Look for more posts on the Sew-Along coming soon! I’d also love to feature a few more Minoru Jackets by my pattern testers, too. It’s amazing that you can give people [...]

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