I finally gave up on finding a short sleeved jacket and bought a $6 clearance jacket at Meijer to experiment with. Because of where the seam hit on the shoulders, I decided to make it short sleeved instead of sleevless. I cut it a little bit longer than I wanted because I figured the fabric would roll a little if I left it an unfinished edge.

What do you all think? Good? Bad? Do you think I should sew up the pockets to give it a sleeker look (and so I don’t shove my hands in the pockets all of the time)?

short sleeved jacket
And ignor the fact that my mirror apparently needed to be cleaned and it shows in the camera flash.