A Day in the Life

notasenator:

rendezvousordie:

consultingdalek:

jessamygriffith:

Some people wondered about the pattern. I didn’t really have one, I sketched it and drew directly on test fabric and draped it from there. These are some progress pics, from original, to ugly insides, to final product. The original Tumblr post about The Coat is this one here, So, I needed a coat…

The rest of the pattern pieces and notes are on my LiveJournal - A Study in Coat - Pattern Sketches and Notes, for all those interested. Not for the faint hearted - some experience adjusting and drafting would be helpful, or just go at it with a test piece first in cheap fabric. You can see all previous posts on the topic by using the tag ‘How to Make’ on my LJ.

Part 2 of the series here

Part 3 of the series here

I’m so jealous of this! I cant believe how good the end result looks!

Now it’s been forever since I did something this difficult, but…..

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This seems like a wonderful thing for me to do as a first sewing project ever.

Moments where I shake my tiny fist at the heavens and ask

why