new coat

last year i saw a coat on russian burda site

and fell in love with it

so i had to try making a similar one

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as the russian lady, who sewed the coat that inspired me,

i used top of the burda magazine coat 10/2013, #130

with half circle skirt for the bottom part..

she was smarter, though, and lengthened bodice pieces by 7cm

(it's petite size pattern)

i totally forgot to do that

and by the time i realized i made that mistake

i had all my pieces cut

and only tiniest of scraps left

..

the result is that the coat sits way above my waist

and makes me look kind of pregnant..

also, sleeves could use few more cms of length

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dunno what i'm doing in the pic above

but i found it hilarious and had to include it here

i actually used last scraps of coat fabric

to make matching fabric covered buttons

but then i gave up that idea

and went for sew on snaps instead of buttons

..

mokosha