Fall Coats for my Girls

My daighters have been wearing these coats for a month or so now, but I can’t seem to photograph them together when they are both wearing them. I was waiting for that great photo before doing a blog post about the coats, but I have come to accept that it just is not going to happen. The above photo of their backs taken with my phone is the best I can do.

I bought the pink and black boiled wool fabric from Elliott Berman on the New York Shopping Day. I thought I had an appropriate fabric for the facings, but then when I got home I realized that the fabric I was thinking of is way too cool in tone, and looked terrible with the hot tones of the pink. Then I remembered a long silk skirt that I had in the pile of clothes to go to the thrift shop that was about the right shade of pink. It had a matching lining in a knit, so I used the whole thing. It worked well. I lined the collar, lapels, and sleeves. I had just enough pink fabric.

The pattern came from Winter 6/2009 Ottobre. I made it for my kids once before, and they are still wearing those coats, so I figured it’s an OK pattern.

The last time I made this pattern, I did not put a loop in. My daughter came home from school with the coat and told me that loopless coats are unacceptable.

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Coat 1

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Coat 2

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detail of the needle felted fabric

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