Is it a coat or a jacket? Google defines coat to be: “Coats have tended to be longer than jackets. A jacket goes to the waist. A coat goes down to your thighs. A coat is a long garment worn by both men and women, for warmth or fashion.” (play on “Merriam-Webster defines love as…”, get it 🙂
Well actually mine is a bit of both. I’m yet again hacking apart some goodwill finds to make this coat.
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| Ignore the constant mess, that means progress 🙂 |
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| Can’t wait for a better phone camera… |
I started by removing the frilly bits on the red leather jacket. It has some amazing strips that end up being almost exactly the right size for what I need, so I just removed the ruffly fabric and added my own.
Since the jacket was a 3XL, I had to take in the sleeves a bit too, but in the end, I had a pretty nicely finished sleeve.
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| FYI, these scissors were an amazing investment. MIL said the titanium is worth it, and so far she is right. |
Just had to get an exact sleeve on the other side as well 🙂
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| I added zippers to underside of the sleeve |
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| Finished both sleeves!! |
Now that I have that done, moving onto the collar of the jacket!!
