Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Winter Dress Coat

Once again I find myself making Burda 9727 to make a special occasion dress coat.

My friend Nicole whom I often think of as my 'shot-gun' daughter (because she was born right after I got married,  tee-hee) sent me this pattern because she thought it would come in useful. It certainly has. Thanks Nicole.


I used it to make Miss C a size 5 winter coat back in November 2013. She's still wearing it although it's really tight. Time for new one.

In my stash I have off-white textured wool and lots of Kasha lining,  Kasha is a heavy flannel backed lining, a staple in Canadian coats.

It took little time to cut and stitch together this coat in size 7 thanks to the princess seams.  In hindsight, I should have made the last size available in this pattern - size 8.
No matter.
There's still some growing room.


Besides, I do enjoy making this coat and will make it again next year.

Miss C also asked if I could make a hand muff in faux fur. Once again, I searched through my stash and came up with purple fur. Perfect for a 6 year old.



And I couldn't resist making a matching Fascinator.
I covered a hairband with fur and hot glued on a lace doily that looked like a snowflake, added some tulle and bling then voilĂ ... Fascinator!



I like the lines and the little belt on the back of this coat.

Oh, and I bagged the lining so there was little handwork to do.


She's thrilled with the outcome of the coat and so am I.
It's a good pattern, easy to follow and with excellent results.


As for making the hand muff, I simply cut out three rectangles; one in faux fur, one of Kasha lining, and one of quilt batting; placed the batting on the bottom, then fur and lining with r/s together and stitched along the long edge. Then turned it all inside out, slipped in a length of ribbon for the neck strap and carefully stitched the opening closed. Easy.

Now she's all set for any special occasion where she needs to wear a dress coat.


8 comments:

  1. Deb, it is gorgeous.
    I am a grateful student of your bagged lining tutorial (you should make it a sticky in your side bar) it saves so much time and handles laundering much better then my (woeful) hand sewing.
    Miss C is so grown up!
    She looks divine and I had a muff (white rabbit fur with white satin lining) at her age and loved it so much.

    I am really happy the pattern is getting a good work out.

    xxx (your shotgun daughter) Nicole

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  2. (And I see you DO have a sticky to the School Days sew-a-long, do-uh)

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  3. It is such a gorgeous coat! And I'm glad to learn what kasha lining is - I read a blog post elsewhere a couple days ago that referenced it, but the link the blog provided was broken. It sounds cozy.

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  4. This is a gorgeous special occasion coat Deb - and agree with Nicole - she is growing into a lovely young lady

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  5. It's good to see you blogging and sewing again! The coat is divine!

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  6. Oh, Deb, you done good! It is really beautiful...and is just perfect for Miss C.

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  7. Gorgeous coat, Deb!! I love the purple fur accessories too.:) Miss C has grown so much!

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  8. She looks like a little princess! Gorgeous coat Deb, I have missed hearing from you.

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