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So ! It turns out my horrible washer/dryer combo has a touchscreen. I dont know how i missed that--i really just thought it was a display. But I can do dryer only loads, and it only took me 13 months of using the damn thing to realize that...

Which means I am currently attempting to full my fabric !! Its definitely gotten a little nicer, but i am aiming for fulled enough that I cannot force a finger through the web, and im not there yet. In fact after 2 hours of damping the fabric and then tossing it in the dryer, it has not changed much since the first 15 minutes. Also, unfortunately, different yarns are fulling at different rates, so the middle is quite thick and one side is medium and the other side is very thin. Not ideal. I am sure hopeful it turns out usable.

As it stands i think theres a 50/50 shot i will end up with enough fabric to make a short big coat. I also need to weave some pockets on a pin loom because I do need 3 pockets minimum on a jacket. I also think I want to do the cuffs, collar and possibly bottom hem as knitting, or possibly made with strips of a different fabric, simply because its a little too coarse to be next to skin and at the moment i am wearing my jacket all day at work, so i cant be having horribly itchy wrists all day.

I have no pictures tho; the lighting is awful so I will try and take some tomorrow morning.

#weaving #handspun yarn #natural dyeing #bog coat #to be clear this is really just a mockup #of a much nicer piece of fabric to bog coat project that i want to do #i may also do a non handmade cloth mockup of the mockup so i can figure out the sewing #i definitely need to in fact.#i but i also needed to practice the whole woven bolt of cloth thing first as well #if it is very short i Might make it for my sister who is much smaller #or i may just tuck it away or do something else

I received some lovely red wool for my birthday from my German roommate (who is also obsessed with historical sewing lol) and I've been sitting on it for a while because I was afraid to cut into it! However, I found a pattern for a "bog coat" which uses cuts and folds in the fabric to make the shape! Very little waste, only from the neck hole! Which I will use for a very special project... Anyway, I love the coat. It's very heavy and warm.

#iron age #history #me #sewing #bog coat

Wizardly quilted bog coat with hood! 8D Because the blanket was so big(king size) I was able to make the hood and pocket with offcuts from the sleeves and top edge, and I still have plenty for adding more pockets later(which I will). Haven’t finished the internal seams yet but that’s okay i can do that later.

Since I used offcuts for the hood and pocket, I was able to use the pillow shams to make an entirely-too-large messenger bag(which i haven’t photographed yet), with a folded strip of blanket for the strap. It will carry my enormous laptop, my laptop accessories including my lap desk thingie, and probably a good bit more comfortably. I, however, will have to try to not fill it up to capacity so that /I/ can carry /it/.

#sewing #fashion #random #bog coat #quilted coat #repurposed blanket