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Dawn’s Coat #4- pipe smokin’

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I didn’t get much done yesterday, but I’m happy with what I did.  I joined the front facings to the upper collar piece, and CAREFULLY pressed that so-easily-scorchable lining.  Thank you pressing cloth!

Then I carefully marked the seam line on the facing edge, and basted a folded piece of burgundy shot taffeta bias binding allllll the way along.  Then machined it.  Slowly.  My stitching is never very steady or straight, hey-ho, just the way I roll.

I haven’t got the basting out again yet, but here it is looking rather stoosh though I say it myself.

Wifey has tried it on, we’ve agreed the tweak to the back collar shape, marked buttonholes, and debated the inside pocket plan.  The decisions are as follows:

Collar-new shape marked with curve.  I’ll be adding a very thin layer of wadding just to give the rather thin top layer of black peachskin a bit more oomph.

Buttonholes-Five.  Or maybe 6.  No five.  Probably.

Pocket-not going with it after all, she doesn’t want to risk spoiling the shape of the coat front.

Next up, those buttonholes…

9 thoughts on “Dawn’s Coat #4- pipe smokin’”

      1. I do. There’s also the form of the garment. So it’s a trifecta: form, colour, texture. More than one texture in a garment,though, that’s uncommon and I think pretty risky. Fantastic when it works though.

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