What a great two days I’ve had, alone in the studio, sewing, playing with details, this is one of my great joys of January, it is too cold to do anything outside, and there is very little on the calendar. I did manage to bundle up and walk into town today and meet a couple girlfriends for lunch. We shared an arugula salad, and an eggplant rollatini pizza. I walked to the post office, did a few other errands, and walked home. It felt so good after being hunched over the sewing machine.
I’m making great progress on the coat. It is so colorful and textural and it is a pleasure to handle the fabric. I tested out the layout of the buttons and made some spacing adjustments. The original pattern called for something completely different. But I wanted to put bound buttonholes on this coat, so once I determined the placement and machine basted a grid down the front, I used the scraps of purple Ultrasuede and made the lips for the buttonholes. The zipper pockets were a lot of fun, easy to do, and the metal stops on either end of the zipper stood out way more than I would have liked so I used my daughter’s black nail polish to tone them down.
I love the way the color moves through the coat, and the stripes are matching up even better than I had hoped considering how little fabric I had to do all this with.
This is the kind of sewing I like best. I love the details, and I love “making it work”. And I think I will really love wearing this coat.
Fantastic color placement
Daryl:
I read your blog regularly. Thanks for sharing your creative process. I learn so much from seeing you work from a seed idea to a finished garment. You are an inspiration to me in my weaving and sewing. Thanks so much.
Janice, thank you so much. It is so helpful for me to document the creative process as well. I am glad it is inspirational and I hope it is informative as well.
I love watching your stuff come together! That is a beautiful coat.