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Simplicity 1738 - a knit jacket

Hi! My name is Summer. And I'm going to be keeping track of my sewing projects here. Welcome! For the past few years, I went about my life without sewing. I am an average size petite, so buying clothes was not a problem. I bought a lot of Banana Republic, Ann Taylor, Forever 21, Donna Karan, and a few other brands. I was happy enough with my wardrobe, until late last year, when I started thinking about making my own clothes again. It seems that my style and colors come in waves in RTW. There are some seasons when I see a lot of what I want, but there are more seasons when there's nothing that I want in the stores, at all. I clean out my wardrobe regularly. That, paired with not seeing anything I wanted to buy in the stores, meant that my wardrobe was shrinking fast! I kept hoping I'd see things I wanted, but it wasn't happening, so I finally decided to just jump in and start sewing again. As my very first sewing project back...