Well it is Friday night and I am exhausted, but happy! Exhausted because it was a busy work week and happy because I got to wear MY NEW COAT to work all week. It was wonderful, not too hot and not too cold, but juuuust RIGHT! (I sound like Goldilocks and I am not even blond!)
I was very happy when my co-workers said…. “Oh did you get a new coat?” “Yes, I did.” “It’s nice, where did you get it?” “I made it!” 😀
So here it is…
It is made of a dark grey wool Melton with McCalls M6657. As I said before I did not like that the pattern did not have a back neck facing or lining, so I pieced those together myself. Otherwise, it was a simple pattern to make!
I was afraid my sewing machine, a Janome 3160QDC, wouldn’t be able to go through 4 layers of the fabric but with the right needle, thread and some slow sewing, it made it through.
I also knew I wouldn’t be able to sew the belt as the pattern instructed… I was supposed to sew it together with the right sides together first and then turn it inside out and top stitch it… So I just did this…
I pinned and held the belt together as it was supposed to look finished, seams folded in, then I top stitched it together and I was done. It was just easier to do it that way with such heavy material. I certainly wouldn’t be able to “turn it inside out”!
Oh, just in case you noticed, the material in the sewing machine is different than the belt Dolly is wearing. Why? Well the “leather” belt was too stiff so I made one with the grey Melton. It was just right (Goldilocks, again!), until I lifted my arms to put my scarf on and my belt and coat slid up to my ribs and never came back down! I tugged and tugged at it all around with no luck. Finally I just undid the belt on my ribs and was able to get my coat down again! A funny sight! I am obviously not meant to wear the belt!
Finishing work. 😀
The warm quilted inside lining…
… and the cozy hidden pockets.
Next? I think it is a tough decision between sewing some of those shirts I have already cut out (one of them is in a mystery size as I was distracted and made a boo boo!) OR cutting a couple of T shirts and pants out of some knit material I have. I really really want to dive into sewing knits again (a story for another blog)… Hmm…
Stay tuned!