{"id":5198,"date":"2019-04-28T23:07:02","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T04:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/?p=5198"},"modified":"2019-04-28T23:07:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T04:07:02","slug":"three-new-sewing-projects-coat-and-dresses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushworth.us\/lisa\/?p=5198","title":{"rendered":"Three New Sewing Projects — Coat and Dresses"},"content":{"rendered":"

I want to try making a coat for Anya — the Polartec fleece<\/a> jacket<\/a> turned out incredibly well, even if the thick fabric was incredibly difficult to sew. I intentionally chose a larger size — 8 — so she’d be able to wear the jacket for a few years. For this winter, I thought I’d make a dressy wool coat<\/a>. Totally basic black wool, but a silky purple lining<\/a>, purple silk twist for the button holes — still deciding between the darker<\/a> and lighter<\/a> purple, and some cool buttons I’ve not yet found.<\/p>\n

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And as usually happens when ordering fabric, I can avoid paying ten or fifteen bucks for shipping if I buy for a second project. A few years ago, I found a free pattern for a peasant dress<\/a>. I love the dress, but the “border” part would have been the entire dress when Anya was younger. I bookmarked the pattern to use when she got a little older. Well … she’s older. And certainly taller! Tall enough that I think a dress with border print fabric will work. Since Anya is loving unicorns right now, I thought I’d make her a unicorn peasant dress.<\/p>\n

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The pattern reminded me of one of my favorite things I’ve ever bought for Anya — this top that she wore as a dress in 2014\/2015, a tunic in 2016\/2017, and a shirt in 2018. The arms are small now, or she’d still be wearing it as a shirt.<\/p>\n

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It’s corduroy, but a really awesome light-weight one. In browsing around checking out fabrics, I realized it is 21 wale corduroy — so I added two different fabrics. I figure I can make a blue dress with a cream stripe and a cream shirt with a blue stripe. And what’s a dress today will be a tunic in a few years and a shirt for another year or two after that.<\/p>\n

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