Instead of a short jacket like the inspiration photo, I will be making the jacket in the longer length with the sleeve bands. Here's the fabric that I chose to use:
This will be the exterior of the jacket.
This is the interior of the jacket. Both of these fabric are an Essex Cotton/Linen blend.
My plan is to use a black DMC pearl cotton in a size 8 to stitch the fabric layers together. With luck this will go well as I have never attempted this sort of stitching before to create a cloth.
The Kantha style stitching is just a running stitch. I couldn't find any information on stitch length. So, I guess I get to decide. The inspiration picture appears to have largish size stitches. I'm not sure that I would go larger than 1/4" in length with the stitches.
Have you made a garment using this style of embroidery? I would love to hear about it. I will do periodic updates on the project as I go along. I suspect that it will take a little while to do the hand stitching. I shouldn't need this type of jacket until fall.
Happy Stitching!
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