11th Doctor series 6 Shetland Tweed Jacket

[Darth Mule]

Thought I'd share this one. I actually picked up the W Bill fabric from Steve Ricks pretty early on. Got the SA buttons as well as some of his elbow patches.
Took me forever to get it together though. As soon as I received the fabric back in January I got to work matching the plaids, but I quickly got slammed with real life and ended up shoving my mockup and all my supplies under my cutting table where they sat for four months....

I got to revisit it this may. Matching the plaids was an interesting challenge. This jacket has a horizontal line-up that carries to the sleeves, so the plaid pattern carries to the arm. This was particularly challenging in the sleeve cap where the roped shoulders and the ease make maintaining that line up very taxing. I also poured over reference images to make sure all the major lines fell in as close to the same places as Smith's as I could muster with size differences being what they are.

One day when I get back down to my fighting weight, and am no longer the chubby Doctor, I'll have to get some images of the complete outfit.

 

[JaseKam]

Good start! Ive always been a fan of the 10th doctor

I dont have the hair to pull off matt smith lol! I love everything doctor who!

 

[unionjack83]

Is there a direct website where you got this awesome jacket

 

[MattMunson]

Is there a direct website where you got this awesome jacket

Just curious, did you even read his post??? He MADE that jacket :facepalm

 

[Darth Mule]

Is there a direct website where you got this awesome jacket

lol.

Thanks Matt. We'll just chalk it up to 1st post mistake.

There are a few options if you're looking for one. Abbeyshot has one, there's a licensed one, Steve Rick (pumpkiny) actually makes one with the same fabric used for the show. I can be talked into another. It kind of depends on the budget. Ricks and I both will set you back a good $700+ due to the cost of the fabric (nearly $100USD per Metre). I want to say the licensed one is $395.00. Not sure on Abbeyshot.

 

[Pimperella]

Fantastic Sewing job you have done. I bet the matching line up was a complete nightmare with many a time wanting to walk away (I swear and make a coffee before I can go back to stuff like this lol)