Burda Style For people who sew
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It seems like capes/cloaks/capelets are in fashion right now. There are many beautiful and colorful examples out there. Mine is a more distressed style, refashioned from a 2nd hand suede long coat bought at a local consignment store, lined with wool fabric from a thrifted men’s plaid jacket. I share my process (but it’s not a tutorial) on my new blog
The inspiration came from the blog One Pearl Button back when I was searching the net for refashion ideas. :)
Material Notes
Old suede long coat (with faux fur collar)
Thrifted men’s plaid wool jacket
Leather sewing needle (or upholstery/denim ones i suppose)
Upholstery thread
Regular polyester covered thread to patchwork the lining
Difficulty
Novice
Categories
- Season
- Fall, Winter
- For
- Women
- Garment Type
- Coat/Capes
- Style
- Bohemian, Casual, Geek, Romantic
- Material
- Cashmere, Coating, Corduroy, Cotton, Blends, Denim, Flannel, Leather/Fur, Wool
Credits
- One Pearl Button
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Oct 25, 2011, 10.14 PMby lanternwaste33
The fur is my favorite part. Great work!
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Oct 26, 2011, 05.51 AMby memoryseed
Thank you! It is my favorite part too :)
Oct 20, 2011, 08.25 AMby mememe-1
It’s really nice! How long is it?
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Oct 20, 2011, 09.18 AMby memoryseed
Hola! Thank you :) I just measured, from back of collar it is about 22 inches to the bottom.. Is that what you are wondering?
Oct 20, 2011, 09.38 AMby mememe-1
Yes, I was wondering about that :) Thank you for answering :)
Oct 20, 2011, 04.14 AMby smallone
this is great – I especially like the thrift-ed aspect….and that you cant tell :)
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Oct 20, 2011, 06.59 AMby memoryseed
thank you for your kind comment! :)
Oct 19, 2011, 06.25 PMby Tracey McGowan Wirth
I really like this! Nice Job!
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Oct 19, 2011, 09.29 PMby memoryseed
Thank you Tracey! :) ~Far