Siara Sews: The Ultimate Wool Coat (Simplicity 1254)

I needed a coat, really bad. I only had one leather jacket which wasn't warm enough for me! This coat was lined with another layer of wool, so its pretty warm. I initially really wanted to do the hood with this pattern, but when working with the two layers of wool it just wasn't laying well AT ALL. So I cut it all off and made my own collar.

Technically it still isn't finished yet, I need to tack the lining to the outer layer so it doesn't puff up when I wear it. But I hate hand sewing... so it might get done.

Pattern: Simplicity 1254 (Altered)

Size: 8 I really wanted a fitted jacket. Size 8 was almost too small for me, but after wearing it for a few days it fits me pretty well.

Fabric: Wool from GOOD WILL yep I said it, this is good will fabric that I got for a buck. Nice 1 dollar jacket no? Oh yeah... the pattern was a dollar too. Two dollar jacket.

Alterations: I lengthened the sleeves by about an inch, I must have long arms. I also changed the original collar as it wasn't gellin with my flow. I really really wanted the collar to work, it just didn't.

Ok so... this is my first time working with plaids. I got the up and down right, but the left to right grain I forgot needed to be matched up. Well, it isn't. My plaids are all over the place! It doesn't really bother me, since I can't see it while I'm wearing it. But I'm sure to the trained OCD eye it's driving them mad.

This is probably my most worn piece as you know... it's pretty cold outside and this is my warmest coat, out of 2.

Also, like my foot high heels? It feels like I was 6 feet tall at least! I was bound for an epic fall.

What's the most sad about this coat is that the plaids ALMOST match... I feel like that makes it worse LOL. It's so beautiful.

Another confession... I used like 4 different colors of thread for this jacket. I forgot to buy the right color, and was running out of all my original thread I had... I will need to redo that outside zipper because it doesn't match in the slightest! Also,.... I may have used a forest green color at one point. Kudos to me.