This month I made a winter coat for my Minerva Crafts Blogger Network post. Every year I made a nice warm winter coat and every time I’m in the middle of it I wonder WTF is wrong with me?! Coats take a long time and usually have about 101 steps. This coat wasn’t so bad and everything was going quickly, until I of course screwed things up!
Let’s start off with the measurements. At the time of making this my measurements were: 35-31-40, which would have put me at sizes: 13-17-16 (I know there aren’t odd number sizes, but I was in the middle of 16 and 18, so just go with it!). Since this is a coat I decided I should make a muslin. I’ve actually been a lot better about doing this and do it about 90% of the time now! I’m actually proud of myself 😉
For the muslin I made a straight 14, just to see where I should go from there. The top fit quite well but the waist was a little too snug for my liking and the hips I debated on sizing down since it’s such a full coat/dress/skirt thing. In the end I went with a size 14-16-14. If I were to make it again I probably would size down on the hips. I feel like it’s just SO FULL.
To read more check out my post on the Minerva Crafts Blogger Network…
Hi Amy! Great coat, despite the sizing issues! I think the fullness is really fun, maybe you need a full skirt to wear under it to fill it out a bit? Lovely make 🙂
That’s a good idea. Thank you 🙂 I’m proud of it!
I love this….looks great on you ❤️
Thank you!!
Sewing is kinda boring when you don’t have a story to tell about how you flubbed it up and had to get creative to fix it. I really like the loof and don’t think it’s too full.
Thanks for the encouragement! I totally have a story for everything LOL
Love it!!
Thank you!!
I am here to enable your pattern buying forever 😉 Looks great!
Yes and me to you! Thank you!