A New Wool Coat


Over the past week, since the end of Me Made May, I have had a little blogcation.  This little blogging hiatus has been deliberately timed so as to allow enough time to complete my new coat.  Okay, so I was a little burned out in the photo and blog department as well, lets be honest here!

A work suitable coat has been on my radar for some time.  I knew I had the need for it but it took a while for the coat appropriate weather to kick and unsurprisingly, my coat was not ready when it was needed.  This coat really only needs to get me from the car park to my office and be available for the odd errand during the day.  I don't like bulky or long coats for driving in so Sewaholic Minoru was my obvious choice.  It is no secret that I am rather addicted to Sewaholic patterns!  This particular pattern, I have made before, as a light weight unlined cardigan type coat.  My new coat was to be the real deal in wool coating fabric, interlined in polar/microfleece and fully lined.



My first mission was to buy the pattern again because my previous one had been misplaced and the last version I had drafted in size 8.  This time I wanted to make size 6.  This gorgeous black wool coated with raised coloured thread detail, I bought online at the end of last winter.  The lining was $3 per metre off the sale table at Fabric Vision and is actually a satiny type of dress fabric.  The interlining was left over from my son's onsie and my nappy making days.  I chose to use the heavier polar fleece for the body of the fabric and some really light weight microfleece for the sleeves.  The zip was out of my stash, so this project was actually quite an economical one, even though time consuming.



Like my charcoal and claret coat from last winter, I attached the interlining to the lining before stitching each piece together.  It does make the coat very heavy, but it is soo cosy to wear without adding unnecessary bulk.

The only change I made to the coat was to let out the sleeves to the full extent of the seam allowance because I found them a little restrictive especially if I was wearing anything bulky underneath.




I love my new coat.  It has been worn every day since I finished it.  I find the neck a little wide on it, but that is part of the design, and does make wearing a scarf easy, in fact probably more of a necessity but since I do tend to anyway, this is no real problem.

Oh, and I nearly forgot to mention.  See over to the right on your screen there is a little blue button!  Well, I am participating in Indie Pattern Month at The Curious Kiwi and this is my first indie pattern for the month.  By the way, there will be at least one more!

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  1. Your coat is beautiful! Great fabric choice!

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  2. Great jacket, I'm feeling the warmth :-)

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    1. Thank you. Wool coats always seemed a little thin and inadequate until I discovered interlining.

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  3. Wow, your coat is stunning. I can't believe that is a wool fabric. I am kind of wimpy when it comes to cold weather (and we have no heating in our house) so I may have to try your interlining to lining trick.

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    1. Thank you. I am a cold weather wimp as well. The interlining is a fantastic compromise and being microfleece, economical as well!

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  4. Wow, what a beautiful coat! That fabric is stunning. Love everything about this! Iamsure that it will be very useful this winter.

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    1. Thanks! I hope not too useful! I was hoping for a mild winter.

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  5. This coat looks fabulous! Absolutely nothing of this quality and style in the shops at all. You have made an outstanding job on sewing this up...

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    1. Thanks! I have had wool blend coats in the past that have been next to useless in the warmth stakes so it is nice to have both warmth and style.

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  6. That will be very snuggly and warm. Also I love how it will match will all three neutral colours of grey, black and navy. What a winner. I suppose too in NZ you will really need such a warm coat.

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    1. If I lived up in the north of New Zealand it probably wouldn't be necessary but where I live a warm coat is a necessity. It doesn't often get below double figures during the day but for those days that do and frosty mornings, the interlining will certainly be welcome.

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    2. Oh believe me you still need a coat in the North! I'm in Auckland and although it is definitely not as cold as the South Island, it gets pretty chilly. The main issue here is wind chill and dampness, the rain is relentless and the hail. Lovely coat, by the way :)

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    3. Ahh dampness, tell me about it! Raincoats are the order of the day at the moment!

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  7. I agree with other comments about the colours. What a great combination for wearing with all sorts of outfits. This is a very striking and very classy coat :)

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    1. If I was sensible, I would have stayed with black but who wants to be sensible in the cold of winter!

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  8. I remember seeing that fabric in the shops! I liked it but I couldn't think of what to make with it :) I really like how you placed the pattern on the fabric, with the blue in the middle and the black at the outside edge, the whole jacket looks great.

    I can't wait to see what you make next :)

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    1. I saw it as row and really liked it but with two metres was unsure whether it would work.

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  9. Gorgeous coat! I love the fabrics you used.

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  10. Your jacket is going to be amazing and will deserve lots of wear, so I hope you get a nice cool spring!
    black wool coat

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