My one-night Autumnal Autumn coat with shrinky-dink HALLOWEEN addition!!!

[carnabystreet]

Seeing as i'm still learning to make clothes I decided to set myself a challenge- finish a coat in one night! Luckily I was successful... and wore the coat to a gig in Wales the next night!

It is based off Simplicity pattern 4047 which is a 50's reproduction cape/coat that also includes patterns for short trousers, pencil skirt and lovely top in a matching style. I made this out of orange tweeed that was £4.00 for 2 metres.

Because it's a cape style it doesnt have buttons bu I wanted it to close somehow. Because i'm a halloween fan and it is to be my september-november coat I made this shrinky plastic skull brooch to keep it closed. I really love it and so does my nan!

Heres me in Wales modelling said coat.. ignore unknowing band member in background!



Thanks for looking!

[a2nikki20]

I love this!  The color is awesome and I love the broach!  I wish I could accomplish that much in one night!!!

[Teresa_T]

Fabulous coat! And sewn so fast. I could never do that. It looks lovely on you.

[Ludi]

It looks great on you! 

[carnabystreet]

aww thanks guys.. that's made my day today!

[weezy21]

Lovely coat! Perfect color, well done! I also really love the photo too - very artsy, looks like a magazine ad.

[Ma Rut]

Awesome!

[ingysoup]

Brilliant!  Was it difficult to work with tweed? 

[zuliblu]

WOW, I love it, I am a huge orange fan !!

[carnabystreet]

No it wasnt difficult, but I guess that was because it was a fairly thin material, as far as tweeds go. It does fray a lot though.. so you'd be wise to zig-zag your edges earlier rather than later!