Yesterday, it blizzarded snow sideways four times, then the sun came out and melted the 1" or so of snow in between these onslaughts.
Today, it's sunny and 63 degrees. Time to put away winter sewing, I'd say!
Luckily, I finally finished this coat from Marcy's pattern I used before and liked
Missed out on the fabric to the right in the illustration, and was very disappointed at the time. So, when this little gem came on the web site, I jumped on it.
The coat isn't hard to construct, but I decided halfway through to not use the beautiful slevedge, as the fabric is wool and sumpthin and was very scratchy around the neck and hood. Also, the edge did not look beefy enough to me with just the selvedge. Only problem was I'd already neatly finished the welt pockets with that selvedge. So, I redid the the pockets while searching for lining.
Ordered lining from Shams resource for crunched taffeta and stretch taffeta. It is impossible to match color over the Internet, even with Pantone chart numbers, which they don't have. So, I excavated my studio shower to the bottom plastic storage container and found pieces of 3 different sun backed taffeta coat linings that matched perfectly. Now, I have a beautiful, pieced lining. Not in a real artistic sense, but it works.
Dear Marcy, I love your fabrics and dream of them while I swim laps!
Until later. . . .
I absolutely love this coat and your description of excavating for lining:)
ReplyDeleteGreat color and always fabulous polka dots. Looks warm and cuddly.
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