Tag Archives: mohair coat

I really should have made these before putting on the sleeves and facings, but I made my own shoulder pads today.  It was interesting to contrast them with commercial pads – these are designed for the specific garment, using the pattern pieces for the front and rear shoulders, and (unsurprisingly) they fit a heckuva lot [...]

I finished putting the collar and facings on the mohair coat today: I’m moderately pleased with it.  The collar looks nice (good choice of colors), and one lapel is just about perfect.  In the other, however, it seems I didn’t add enough room for turn-of-cloth, and so the mohair fabric is showing behind the collar.  [...]

I was feeling rather blah yesterday, not up to the challenge of working on the coat, so I puttered around dyeing yarns instead.  Then I realized that it wasn’t my mental alertness preventing me from working on the coat, but stark raving terror at the prospect of actually having to DO something with the pieces, [...]