Earlier this year I had designed, drafted and cut out a pattern for a rather ostentatious coat. It was made from a blue wool flannel I got from Ebay about a year or so ago. The lining was a silver leopard print polyester satin from Lincraft. Also the Faux Fur was a remnant.
I wanted it to be for the Winter. Well, somehow it ended up sitting on a shelf unsewn for months. So many months, that it’s pretty much already Spring. Then I was all like “I should really sew that blue coat and I’m bored and even though I should sew stuff for Summer I’ll sew this instead” And so I did. I did pretty much all of it in 3 days. And a few days later hemmed the lining. Anyway here are some photos.
The skirt part is actually one and a half circles. If I added both of the peplum parts together they would be two full circles. Super swishy and fun. The peplum is also lined with the leopard print satin. another note is that I used the top half (from the waist up) of the jacket from vogue 1132 and drafted a shawl collar. It does up with a button but you can’t see it because the fur is very furry. Oh and the coat weighs a ton. It was an all destroying monstrosity when I put it through the machine. But I managed. And hemming it took a while. Well it took up 3 metres of fabric so yeah. Photos do not do this justice at all. It turned out way better than I expected.
Also I may be tempted to make this again without the peplum and with furry cuffs and a furry hem. Maybe it cream wool with white fur or leopard print wool with purple fur. And yes I have a HUGE crush on leopard print and faux fur.
I’ll finish with a picture of what the back looks like to give you an idea of the fullness. With the peplum a little askew:
