
Time for a new Republique du Chiffon Gerard Manteau. I’m in love with this casual jacket.
I found a beautiful 7-wale heathered saffire corduroy at Fabric Mart late last year. And I knew it’s destiny.
The prep, driven by my fabric, has taken hours and hours 🙂
Of course I laundered the fabric, and I was rewarded with piles and piles of lint in the dryer. I tumbled it twice to get the last bits off the yardage, and then I cleaned my dryer!
Prep – once I start sewing, I want to work with nice pattern pieces without lint or unexpected bias distortion. So I cut and serged every single piece of my pattern.


As I was cutting, I marked notches with a chalk pencil, but after I serged the edges, I marked them with a small pin. Chalk disappears from corduroy in a flash…

I’m anxious to start, but my interfacing, Pellon SF785 sew-in, is in the laundry. Yes, non-fusible interfacing should be washed and dried… I prefer sew-in interfacing on anything with a wale or heavy texture, as I don’t want to crush the fabric pressing a fusible.

So, next up, my Gerard Manteau! Bye for now, Coco
Nice fabric. I like your idea of marking the notches with little safety pins.
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I’ve never used a sew-in interfacing and am hoping to make a corduroy jacket for my husband next month. I’ll be interested in watching the construction unfold!
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Looking forward to seeing this evolve. Happy New Year!
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You are so generous with your knowledge….
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Thanks for sharing your knowledge of working with corduroy and I look forward to seeing the finished jacket.
I always enjoy your posts and have learned so much from you.
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I’m in awe of your patience! The careful preparation will surely be rewarded with another successful project. I hadn’t even thought about sew-in interfacing. When I see with corduroy I use a terry cloth pressing cloth but the ribs always get a bit crushed. Now I know!
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That coat is going to look so nice in that fabric. Funny, I like corduroy but I don’t recall ever sewing with it. Something for me to think about…………….
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Corduroy is so cozy!
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