Saturday, May 31, 2008

The Great Coat Sew-Along: Mohair for V2884? Fabricluver - Susan

Vogue 2884 alpaca jacket

Posted by Digs at 4:14 PM
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5 comments:

fabricluver (Susan) said...

Digs - that is beautiful! I love the colors and the trim insertion really does make the lines of the coat stand out. How wide is the trim? Did you have any problmes putting it in?

Since I am using black for some reason leather immediately popped in my mind to use as a trim. I have never sewn with leather but a fake leather might be even easier to find and to work with.

Thank you again for sharing your tips and the picture. You have a gorgeous coat.

May 31, 2008 at 5:30 PM
Nancy K said...

Having made my first leather project this year, I can say that light weight lamb leather is very easy to sew on with a regular sewing machine and regular needle. It will need to be leather cleaned though. I don't think that you can send it through the regular cleaners.

May 31, 2008 at 5:48 PM
fabricluver (Susan) said...

Nancy - I remember a black leather that someone made for the Timmel Swap - was that you? It was a beautiful jacket as was the complete swap. Where did you get the lamb leather?

June 1, 2008 at 6:08 AM
Digs said...

Susan,
Thank you for cleaning up the link for me!

The trim is made from the lining fabric. My rationale in doing it this way was not only to enhance the unique seaming but also to ensure that the all-around to-the-edge-lining is visually connected with the outside of the garment. Since the alpaca is extremely thick, self facing just wasn't an option. The lining extends to the bottoms of the sleeves as well.

To make the trim, I cut a 1.5" strip of facing fabric, and stitched it down (right sides together) parallel to the seam line and about 1 cm outside it. I then pressed it towards the seam, and caught the other edge when sewing the matching part of the garment. It did require a little fold at the lower corner of the front side seam where it had to make a right angle turn to follow the pocket line, but that's the extent of how complicated it got. The collar trim is just a slightly curved line - easy!

I do think the final product still needs a little tweaking: as well as altering the collar to fold outwards a little, it could do with a fine (preferably invisible) topstitching of the outside edge to help the lining lie flat. I s'pose I could tack it down by hand, but I'm far too lazy, er busy, to take the time for that. I also think the front might look good with a single button!

June 1, 2008 at 12:11 PM
fabricluver (Susan) said...

Thanks Digs - I am printing this out along with your other comments for when I get started.

That is one good looking jacket!

June 1, 2008 at 7:18 PM

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