Now that my sewing machine is back from it's extended stay at the health clinic, I am ready to sew and sew and sew. :-)
First up was a boiled wool coat out of the Ottobre Women's magazine 5/2012 model #18. I got the fabric from the Holland fabric market the week prior. It's a gorgeous greyish black!
I have to tell you... I've never made a coat before for myself. I made a jacket once for Pasha (which I still have even though she has outgrown it for a while now) but never for me! I figured that this would be the perfect coat to get my feet wet for the following reasons:
1. It's made from boiled wool. Boiled wool doesn't fray which means that I don't have to worry about finishing all the seams!
2. The pattern is classified as a 1 out of 3 points on the difficulty. An easy beginners pattern.
And 3. It's Ottobre. Their directions have been always spot on in the past and I was hoping that it would be for this one as well...
The construction went really well. The invisible pocket zippers went in like a dream. I did sweat it though! But I made a couple of changes to the coat: I tried it on and noticed that the arms weren't long enough. No problem! I added about 5 inches in length on both sides and voila! Exactly how I like it!
I also don't like the big safety pin as a closure that the magazine showed. So I found a simple large black button. I am going to put that one on tonight! So I should have some pictures of me wearing it in the next few days.
The same type of coat has been selling for Euro 400 at our local dirndl store. I paid about Euro100 for all materials. I saved Euro 300. Not bad I say :-)
Take care,
Me
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