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Sarah Crowner

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CIASSTHREE 3 Pcs Elastic Band/rope Wearing Threading Guide Forward Device Tool | mysite-copy

100% new and high quality Color: Silver Material: Metal Package include: 3pc Tips:Iron hoop can be moved to open beak,put the elastic band or rope into beak, and then move the hoop again to make beak closure,then you can do it.

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To further encourage myself to start swimming regularly, I’m making a new bathing suit. I drafted a pattern that I think will be cute. If I like how it looks, I’ll post photo progress of it.

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  I finished sewing this wool coat a few weeks ago, and wanted to share it, but the weather hasn’t been great for taking photos outside. The fact is, the sky probably won’t be clear for another month or so, and by then, it will be too warm to wear wool (fingers crossed). So today, I gave up and took photos indoors!

This coat is Butterick 6292, a pattern that caught my eye when I saw the versatile collar!

    I love coats with a military vibe (i.e.Burberry), and the button placement on this design definitely gives it that look.

The wool is, well…green, a color I don’t usually gravitate towards, but this wool from Mill End Store was too cozy to resist. It has a very soft hand though, so I decided to underline the front of the jacket to give it a bit of body to hold the shape of the front lapels. I think this was a good move, because even underlined, the wool still retains its character, yet holds its shape. I lined the coat with rayon and used very thin shoulder pads to give the shoulders some definition.

Challenges:

This wool is thick – so making buttonholes on a double layer of fabric was a absolute night mare. I thought I’d lose my mind. My machine couldn’t seem to manage moving across the thick nubby wool so I put a thin layer of interfacing over each buttonhole before stitchng it. It worked! Then, when the buttonhole was finished, I trimmed the interfacing away.

Lining – – Even though I cut it according to the pattern instructions, it was an inch too long. Not sure if others had this problem, but it added a step because I had to trim it.

Back pleat – I eliminated this as I thought my soft wool wouldn’t hold a pleat. The coat still has enough room to accomodate a wide stride without it.

Button placement was a bit tedious – -there are alot of them 🙂 But I love the look so the end result made the effort worth it!

I love my new coat, and, well…(don’t hate me)…I hope the weather doesn’t improve too quickly so that I can wear it!!! The pattern is definitely a keeper, one that I should probably make again, but will I? Hmmm, there are so many coat patterns in my stash that I want to try, so I’m not sure this one will make it into the queue again. Although I can imagine a version from twill or tweed….

Have you put your stash of wool away until next winter, or are you a die-hard like me?

Happy sewing and thanks for stopping by!

    A Coat in Spring Green I finished sewing this wool coat a few weeks ago, and wanted to share it, but the weather hasn't been great for taking photos outside.

[yetanotherknitter]

agrinandtheluckotheirish replied to your post:my needle just snapped my hand. clearly the...

Whoa how is that possible

the universe is out to get me

but, nah, I have needles break on me all the time. I'm just sewing a really thick, tightly woven cloth and the needle was put under enough stress for a long enough period of time and it snapped

I"ve just never had a needle snap in my hand???? it's only ever been machine needle that have snapped on me and pins/hand needles that bend into crazy shapes

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DIY Fabric Dollhouse:

Tutorial from A girl and a glue gun,

Based on the free pattern by UK Lass in US.

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Rosie Geissler inspired