This is by far the most-used pattern I own. It's a simple base that can be altered and transformed a million ways with a little creativity...Over three years, I made three very different coats using this pattern (as well as the aforementioned dress, posted below). One coat each fall, when the air just begins to turn chilly.
In hindsight I had chosen a pretty challenging fabric for my first try. But my old sturdy machine didn't miss a beat and the shifting, fraying, stretching weave formed a classic cut.
My favorite element of this model is the over-sized covered buttons.
This was a bit more of an experiment! Made from another dollar-store printed bed sheet, and lined with thin baby blue fleece. The pink tones and bell sleeves make it a playful piece.
I omitted clasps on this one, as it was more of a cozy blazer, but layering a belt made it much more wearable.
The Green Winter Coat. mmm, my favorite:
Deep green corduroy, fully-lined with chocolate brown teddy-bear fur (including the pockets!), and finished with pull-over toggle clasps.
My inspiration:clipped from a magazine... at the time I was disheartened to find no green felt coating at the local fabric store, but the corduroy is very durable.
Several lessons learned in this project:
a) fur-lined pockets are cozy, but puffy. they had a bit of a spoiling effect on the sleek silhouette of the inspiration photo.
b) long-sleeve shirts worn in fur-lined sleeves will twist when walking, arg!
c) cleaning up bits of fur in my apartment afterward, looked like a teddy-bear massacre had taken place.
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