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Ruffled wool coat or/eli Röyhelötakki SK 03-2013 12.

I sewed a ruffled wool coat for my daughter and lined it with thick quilted and wadded fabric. The pattern was from the Finnish magazine Suuri Käsity…

November 4, 2017

Patternreview, Sewing, Suomeksi

Ottobre design 06-2012 40. Klassikko Duffle coat

I made Ottobre design 06-2012 40. Klassikko duffle coat for my son. This project was not an easy make but both me and my son are happy with the result…

November 2, 2017

Sewing, Tailoring, Tutorials

Trench coat project part 6: The finished trench coat

… so here is the latter half of today’s posting, go here, if you missed the first part and here, if you want to start the series from the beginning.Hooray! My trench coat is finally finished! This has been a long journey that I started already in April, when…

September 25, 2017

Sewing, Tailoring, Tutorials

Trench coat project part 5

The previous parts in my trench coat series can be found:Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4And… I know I promised to show the coat the next time I posted. However, this post became too long and I split it in two parts. No worries, though, I…

September 25, 2017

Sewing, Tailoring, Tutorials

The trench coat project part 4: Gorgeous details and lining

The previous posts about this trench coat project:Part 1Part 2Part 3Belt carriers, sleeve bands and the beltI had my belt and sleeve band buckles ready, so I adjusted the belt (I include now the sleeve bands with the word ‘belts’) widths to suit the buckles…

September 15, 2017

Sewing, Tailoring, Tutorials

Trench coat project part 3: The Coat is taking shape

Finally the trench coat is taking shape! The previous posts in the series:Part 1Part 2top-stitchingMost of the seams in my trench coat have top stitching. My Bernina has previously had trouble with top stitching thread, so I used two treads that I treaded through the…

September 14, 2017

Sewing, Tailoring, Tutorials

Trench coat project part 2: Off-graining and interfacing

The first part of the trench coat project can be found here. The next part of the trench coat project was to off-grain the coat fronts, cut the main parts of the coat and attach interfacings.Off-graining the coat frontsSome people were asking for me to explain…

September 3, 2017

Sewing, Tailoring

Trench coat project part 1

Aquite a while ago I wrote about my plans of making a trench coat. At that time I had the basic materials ready but was still browsing through the internet to find the perfect pattern. I was annoyed to have found out that McCall’s 5525 trench coat pattern was…

August 29, 2017

Sewing, Shopping

Trench coat plans

This post contains a few affiliate links. Clicking on them helps me to maintain this blog.I have been dreaming about sewing my own trench coat for a while. Now that my old one is starting to show some wear and tear I have really started planning. It was difficult…

April 24, 2017

Sewing

A Little Pink Squirrel a.k.a. Passenger Trench Coat

S has grown so that the old beloved H&M trench coat was way too small. However, sometimes a young lady needs a pretty coat and the days are getting chillier, so I took up a challenge to sew a trench coat using the Passenger Trench Coat pattern from…

September 1, 2015

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