Burda Style For people who sew
Description
I made this coat using Burda’s 08/2009 pattern. I used a wool tweed for the fashion fabric, hair canvas and silk organza for shaping (and pad stitiching). The lining is a turquoise rayon hand stitched to the coat and edged with a self-made ivory rayon piping. The fashion fabric’s pattern is quite distracting at times so I added a silk ribbon trim to the collar and lapels as well. This is my first coat making project and took about 5 weeks of part time sewing. A lot of hand stitching was involved and I followed the Vintage Couture Tailoring book by Thomas Von Nordheim for most of the hand stitching techniques. To finish the coat, I used some large glass buttons. I tried documentating the coat making process on my blog and you can see more here:
Material Notes
wool tweed, horse hair canvas, silk organza, rayon lining, silk ribbon,
Difficulty
Advanced
Categories
- Season
- Winter
- For
- Women
- Garment Type
- Coat/Capes
- Style
- Classic
- Material
- Wool
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Mar 6, 2013, 10.06 PMby adamante
Absolutely stunning! A great coat is an essential piece in everyone’s wardrobe and you already have it now. Your effort payed off undoubtedly, the coat looks excellent.
Jan 5, 2013, 02.31 AMby zosews
You have totally nailed this coat, it’s magic and I want one!
Jan 1, 2013, 11.21 PMby Shannon Gardiner
Wow, beautiful!
Dec 5, 2012, 03.42 AMby libra-s
This is a must-have coat! Well done!
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Dec 7, 2012, 10.00 AMby vchan38
Thank you!
Dec 4, 2012, 09.17 AMby chula123
congratulations ! this coat is amazing, looks great on you and all those lovely details, very impressive !
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Dec 4, 2012, 02.18 PMby vchan38
Thank you!
Dec 4, 2012, 05.00 AMby smallone
oh wow congrats this is fabulous!
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Dec 4, 2012, 07.58 AMby vchan38
Thanks so much!
Dec 3, 2012, 07.01 PMby vchan38
Thank you everyone!!! :)
Dec 3, 2012, 05.23 PMby jkaori
What a fantastic coat! I love the shape and the fabrics you chose. Great job!
Dec 3, 2012, 05.22 PMby Anjovis
This is lovely. Looks great on you. I love the fabric and all the details.
Dec 3, 2012, 05.09 PMby ariation
That is a show stopping coat! Well done!
Dec 3, 2012, 04.16 PMby Mary Athey
This is a fantastic coat. I love this.coat.on you. It.looks amazing.xx
Dec 3, 2012, 02.19 PMby misumihaela
stunning absolutely great and the details are so so fantastic! I love it!