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Dawn’s Coat #2-all buttoned up

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All decisions have been reached, and the buttons have arrived!  I had to work in the city centre on Tuesday, so  used lunchtime to nip down to the market and bought some buttons for Dawn to consider for her coat.January sewing 002.JPG

She liked all the choices, but wasn’t ready to commit to any of them.  I’d been browsing online, and found a brilliant site- ‘Totally Buttons’.  Get over there and buy some, I’m smitten!  Trying to get Dawn to sit down and choose buttons proved nigh-on impossible, and I was told ‘just choose some for me’.

Do I look suicidal?

I think not, sweetheart, you’re choosing your own!  So she did.  And they arrived today.  She’s very happy, says they look like carbon fibre, which apparently is a good thing.

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We particularly like those little swirly patterns, as [did I say?] we’ve agreed that some black soutache trim would work very nicely on the cuffs instead of the suggested row of buttons.

So now I’m ready to get started, and [apart from cutting out] my first step will be to practice a bound buttonhole or two, as I don’t want to ruin this opus at the first step!

While I was doing some retail therapy, I ordered some extra sewing needles and a new ‘soft touch’ seam ripper.  Why not?  I’m totally sold on those black gold needles, can’t imagine sewing with anything else now…but they do disappear quite often!January sewing 001.JPG

15 thoughts on “Dawn’s Coat #2-all buttoned up”

      2. Nope- hoping to cut it out this weekend. The layout of binding, lining, and main fabric was to demonstrate to my lovely wife how it will look. That’s actually some pretty tatty old satin binding, I’m making some nice crisp new taffeta stuff for the real deal. I just hope it DOES end up looking as stoosh!

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      4. I agree- I always forget, and I want to make sure this one has all the details…I’m even considering a inside pocket, but that could spoil the line of the coat [wifey fills all pockets with her worldly goods!]

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  2. Buttons make or break a coat, so it was wise to spend time.
    They’re not squiggles, those are zombie skulls from the nose up…….
    Definitely include an inside pocket in the lining – men’s coats/jackets have them and so should we. It won’t spoil the line of the coat if you use lining material.

    Sorry, trying to find lots of things to do and anything to put off marking due Monday (first day back) and now off to look at buttons as I can procrastinate for another hour and then have to sit up to 2am on Sunday. Oh that I had some wisdom…..

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    2. buttons buttons buttons! She’ll be so happy that they’re zombies [well,the coat is rather gothic after all]
      I’ll have to seek out some advice on where to place the pocket- boobs get in the way don’t you think?
      Wnjoy the marking [I got all mine done before the break, smug smug…]

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