It is made of a purpley-rainbow bucle wool, purple bemberg lining and lightweight cotton batting as interlining. (two layers in the hood and torso, one in the sleeves and skirt)
I've had it nearly finished for a couple of years now - languishing in my closet waiting for me to figure out the closure and the trim. However, after my regular wool coat started to seriously fall to pieces, I dug through the stash and found a roll of navy piping that worked. (This also lead to the self-fabric buttons getting switched for big navy ones. More pop - and made the pipping make sense.)
The pattern is my own design - a massive franken-beast with a fair bit of redrafting. It has zippered side pockets, zippered sleeves (a relic from when I wore arm braces daily and needed to be able to get in an adjust them without taking off the whole coat.) (Happily, its been a while and I rarely bother carrying them around anymore.... Actually I'm not even sure where they are right now. ::heart swells with joy and wonder:: This coat spans years and sagas and stories -- and this one has come out really well. ) (Seriously - we're talking serious glee over here right now.)
frolic frolic frolic frolic
The giant hood sometimes blows off in the breeze and the skirt part flies open, letting my lovely warm air escape - but the torso is warm and the coat is fun to wear, so right now its my feeling-fancy coat, and I love it.
I think the navy piping and buttons are a nice touch.
ReplyDeletethanks :) I was worried it would end up too cute. But I think it saves it from being to dull - the wool isn't very exciting at distance.
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