This coat I bought in 2019 sometime. I was in two minds to get it, while the colour was lovely, the wool was stiff and coarse, as well as paneled so there were limited options in the remake. The coat was home-made, and the sew-er was a lot braver than I - a lot of … Continue reading The Purple Coat
I don't know if this is a general habit for others, but often if I am working on a long/boring/difficult project I start to plan a nice/interesting project in my head and this project becomes the treat that I can look forward to. So while I was plodding away with the Irish dance costume, wondering … Continue reading embroidered wool coat
When I saw this coat - I was so pleased as there is a lot of fabric, so I probably overlooked both the fabric quality and a few stains (the trims of leather in it seemed to have put the original owner of cleaning it!) The original coat very much of its time, with lapels … Continue reading McCalls 7520 – pauline trigere coat – remake a coat to a coat
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