Jacket took quite a while to make. I wanted to get everything perfect. I made a pattern with Naruto jacket pattern as a starting point. The sleeves are wider and the body is straight not tapered. To give the large appearance.

I made a prototype of one side of the jacket from scrap fabric to make sure the join between colour and dark where the sleeve meets the body, would actually line up. There is a small tolerance because the join will be covered by yellow strip.
I forgot to cut out he red collar, lucky there was a scrap left over just big enough (if you can count no seam allowance as big enough :-[ ) The red fabric is what was left over from Brendan's jacket.
The yellow parts are all made from strips of fabric sewn on with the edges folded under.
The yellow strip is continuous from sleeve across the back and down the other sleeve (1.7m).

Any stitch going off the edge was unpicked and re done.

Because I could not get a yellow zip in the right length I got a white one and have put yellow strips to cover it.


Getting collar right took a while (Also took a while to come up with a way to do it that is close to the reference image and not impossible to make).

The top of the zip needs to be covered. So on one side the zip goes between the sides of the collar like normal. On the other side the zip is behind the collar so the end can extend past the zip.
I put a strip of felt in the collar to hold it right.

There is a strap around the collar. In the reference there is an impossible looking buclkle thing where the strap comes out on top from both sides. I found a 'normal' buckle thing to use instead which can be unclipped (quite important).

Because the collar has 'belt loops' I put a strip around its top edge to make it tidy.







Trousers finished today.
It looks like there is a zip around each leg. I put on a yellow strip instead.

There was not much dark fabric so had to cut out everything in one go to ensure it would fit. Not enough to make the back of the pockets so I used red, which looks good.

I brought a red belt for the trousers.

Got to make some shoes, and gloves next. I brought a red hat which will need a black bit added to the front.


(Now I'll just copy and pate this to my entry form :- )

Pattern attempt #4. The first two didn't include a waist seam, but it turned out to be necessary to get the right shaping.

Major pieces ready for cutting. There are also a large number of minor pieces not shown.

servimg has rotated the images for some reason, but you get the idea.

Front:


Back:


Insides (facing and lining):


The holes in the lining will be finished by hand.