Sunday, July 4, 2010

A Lunching Lady - Grey Coat


Just in time for Melbourne's freezing weather, I present to you the Lunching Lady - Grey Coat!

Sorry for the belated photos. I have been wearing it all week, but today took it for a spin to lunch at a lovely organic cafe on Lygon St that Michael and I discovered a few weeks ago. On the way back we visited a park for some pics.

As you now know, Michael had a major hand in the construction of my beautiful coat. Here is some of his handiwork:


Yup, the Magnificent Michael hand-stitched the hem, hand-stitched the pockets in, cut the whole thing out, hand-stitched the sleeves, trimmed and clipped edges, sewed the buttons on, took the pictures, mopped my brow when I was doing the machine sewing, and was just a general darling all in all. (Thank you my love).

It has turned out just beautifully - see the lovely vintage buttons? Well worth the ridiculous price I paid for them.


The back is nice too:


It is not the easiest pattern - top-stitching sleeves, curved edges etc - but the instructions, as always with the Colette Patterns, are so well explained it did not feel like an 'advanced' pattern.

The fabric is a wool/cashmere, and the lining is silk, which was a complete nightmare to sew with. Soooo slippery. If you ever should have the misfortune of having your arm in a cast, steer clear of silk.

I'll have more outfit pics to show you soon - I've made a denim Jenny pencil skirt which turned out well.

Hope you've all had a lovely weekend!

20 comments:

  1. Wow - that is perseverance and team work at it's best. It looks gorgeous!

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  2. I hereby name this the Michael Coat - others can have a Lady Grey Coat - you have a Michael Coat. Congratulations to both of you on your jacket; a great fit and a lovely colour on you Rachel.

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  3. What a great coat, and what a great guy, your Michael!
    I'm so sorry to read (in your previous post) that you have to wear a brace for 2 more months. But it takes time to heal and you got to give it that time. But still, it's utterly disappointing and frustrating.
    I'm healing from a hand-injury myself. There's a lot in your story I can relate to. Take care!

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  4. Thanks all!

    Maree, I completely agree. It is here after named the 'Michael Coat'. I saw a few mini skirts on Maggie on your flickr page - is the zipper a lapped zipper? I really like the way it looks on a straight-ish skirt.

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  5. Babes (and Michael) - WELL DONE!

    And wow those photos are stunning, did you get a new camera? They look different somehow (and totes professional)!

    xoxo

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  6. Gorgeous - and what a gem Michael is!

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  7. This is so beautiful. Wonderful job on it. I really may need to make this coat...

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  8. Gorgeous! I think the coat looks great on you and Michael did a wonderful job. How sweet of him to help you like that!

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  9. How wonderful! Big props to Michael--what a wonderful guy! The coat looks FANTASTIC! I'm loving the color and the lining and the buttons....everything!

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  10. Beautiful Lady Grey...well done both of you. Did you use the full 4 Metres of fabric after all?

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  11. Thanks again everyone! Michael is basking in the glory of your lovely comments :-)

    Veronica - Michael got a new lens for his b'day. He is in love with it. And he is totally stoked with you noticing!

    Millie - I didn't use the full 4m. I think I've got enough left over to make a simple skirt - maybe a pencil-type skirt.

    xx

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  12. Wow! This is such a gorgeous coat! And even more impressive that it was partly made by A BOY! Very impressive. The colour is beautiful and you're right about those buttons. (Love your bag too!) x

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  13. Wow, it's gorgeous! Lucky you to have a helper ;-).
    I've given you an award, read more here: http://ancien-nouveau.blogspot.com/2010/07/beautiful-blogger-award.html

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  14. Gorgeous!! How wonderful of your guy to jump in and help. Such a flattering cut on you, and I love the double button detail!

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  15. Lovely coat- you obviously have a lot of taste!

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  16. I am in love with this coat! so pretty! and the man, what a lovely man :-)

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  17. Just featured this on Sassy Sewing Bees https://facebook.com/sassysewingbees ❀

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