The jacket is finally finished.

My sister ended up helping me a bit—she attached the main collar (I did the facing one), but I managed to put everything else together and construct and insert the sleeves. Attaching the facing and lining to the jacket was tricky (mostly conceptually), but I eventually managed that too. Coached by my sister, I understiched the front facing. Then, I closed up the lining in the sleeves and the hole in the back.

I started to put snaps on it, but didn’t like the way it looked, so for the moment, no fastenings except that red scarf around the waist if I want it. It’s hard to justify the ugliness of the snaps because in this lovely part of the world I would almost never be able to wear it closed up because of the heat. (It hit 82° today. In February.)

All in all, an excellent use of inexpensive silk and velvet scraps found on Etsy.