More Sewing!

So, I’ve made a coat and two pair of leggings. I have no pictures of the leggings as yet. I used the now TNT Kwik-Sew 3455 for those.

I do have a photo of the coat, but I neglected to snap a picture of the lining (it’s plum, and a pretty standard lining fabric). Also, one of the sleeves isn’t hanging right which I of course did not notice when I took the stupid picture. Lately, all my pictures are stupid, which is why this one isn’t of me wearing the coat. I figured that would just be a photgraphic disaster.

This took me about 16 hours of sewing, which is absolutely atrocious in my mind, but I could not *buy* a coat like in my size. Matching the plaid took FOREVER, and it was still difficult to actually get it to match while sewing. The most important matching at the color and center front is right though, so PHEW!

I also have some nice long gloves to wear with it (black leather). I’m not sure if it’s clear here that those are 3/4 length sleeves. The other advantage of the coat is that I could use one of my vintage singleton buttons.

The color is quite accurate in the photo, and man, this plaid goes with anything. The pattern, generally, was quite easy. The collar went together perfectly, which is some kind of a miracle for me.

Here’s the pattern: