When I started out making little clothes, I used to design new garments sporadically - after orders were out. When I went through a very busy patch though, time for new designs was non-existent. Now I allocate a certain amount of time per week to work on new things. I've been working on this new coat over the last little while. This will be in the shop in the near future, but seeing as this is vintage wool coating (unused) I'll only be able to make maybe one or two coats. This one is for Lucy, as with some of my designs I work on them as I go. This translates to sewing, unpicking, sewing a bit more, further unpicking, change of plans necessitating new pieces drawn and cut and sewn, and so on. It makes the final product, shall I say not up to Etsy scratch (in my opinion). Lucy doesn't mind though...
This coat is fully lined in blue and white stripe cotton, has a more androgynous collar than the other coats, and again small fold back sleeves revealing the stripe lining.
Gourgeous coat! Can you make one for me?! Because I love the clothes and your blog, I've left you an award at mine!
ReplyDeleteWow thankyou very much for the award, my first! Once the sample coat is finished I'll be in touch.
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It must be something in the September air...I just posted on our blog how this last shirt I was working on went through a lot of nudging before it was right. Sometimes things come out so perfectly the first time, others involve tedious seam ripping and sweat. This coat was certainly worth the effort :) My boy usually gets all the firsts, too--lucky for Nolan and Lucy!
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