Heh I've got that Butterick pattern too. There's this pattern though that I have -- cant seem to remember if it was Vogue (it might have been a period costume from McCalls or Butterick tho...) or what that might be better suited for her jacket - I cant remember it entirely, but from what I remember of it, might be a lot easier to alter for the jacket as opposed to the Christmas Carol one.
*hah* read more into your post and the 2nd pattern of the women's period dress/coat is the one I was talking about. I think part of your wrinkle problem stems from the fact you used a men's pattern for the body and women's for the sleeve. Men's coat patterns account for significantly broader shoulders/shoulder blades even at the smaller sizes and their sleeve caps are shaped a little different and fuller that fitting the sleeve onto it would involve adding to and altering the women's sleeve to have it fit properly. Both might be fitted jackets, but are fitting completely different structures.
What you might want to try instead is use the women's pattern entirely and just use your knowlege and the men's pattern as a reference to create lapels & collar for it; I think you might have much better luck doing that instead.
Sorry to hear your frustrations. I was there when I was making my double-breasted lapel vest with a front panel of evil for my Capt. Varrot costume from Valkyria Chronicles. The things this hobby makes us go thru, heh. Hope my reply helps tho! Good luck! (and btw your corset & panniers looked really awesome and clean)
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*hah* read more into your post and the 2nd pattern of the women's period dress/coat is the one I was talking about. I think part of your wrinkle problem stems from the fact you used a men's pattern for the body and women's for the sleeve. Men's coat patterns account for significantly broader shoulders/shoulder blades even at the smaller sizes and their sleeve caps are shaped a little different and fuller that fitting the sleeve onto it would involve adding to and altering the women's sleeve to have it fit properly. Both might be fitted jackets, but are fitting completely different structures.
What you might want to try instead is use the women's pattern entirely and just use your knowlege and the men's pattern as a reference to create lapels & collar for it; I think you might have much better luck doing that instead.
Sorry to hear your frustrations. I was there when I was making my double-breasted lapel vest with a front panel of evil for my Capt. Varrot costume from Valkyria Chronicles. The things this hobby makes us go thru, heh. Hope my reply helps tho! Good luck! (and btw your corset & panniers looked really awesome and clean)