Friday, January 20, 2012

Hoping to sew a Minoru!

It has taken me ages to decide on fabric for this coat, so I didn't commit to joining the sewalong on the Sewaholic blog ....... yet!
I want to sew a raincoat, but finding a waterproof fabric I liked has taken me weeks of searching, mostly because I didn't want a solid colour, or to use laminated cotton

I had narrowed it down to some lovely Westfalenstof coated cottons or Hilco coated cottons, and finally went for the Hilco which I bought from Dotsnstripes. But OMG!! :-) it's so 'flowery' I'm still not sure I'll be able to carry off wearing this, and maybe I should be making it for my daughter.


I had picked a flannel for the lining, as our weather here is wet and cold. The flannel was prewashed twice, but just this morning I decided I didn't want to use it so found an organic red cotton in my stash that I'm happier with.

The sleeves will be lined with the dots, which is a silk that I got as a Christmas present last year (2010).



Hilco have very good quality fabrics, so I didn't doubt that it was waterproof. I still tested it, just for a picture. It will be interesting to see how it deals with heavy downpours when I'm collecting the children from school.

I considered waterproofing the seams, as I remembered that Dawn from Two on Two off did a post on that a while back, but getting these type of products isn't easy. There is a UK site Pennine that looks good, maybe for a future coat!


So far, I have cut and marked the outer fabric, after raising the elastic placement and shortening the sleeves.
Hopefully I'll get to sew it before I chicken out and decide that flowers are not 'me'! Pin It Now!  

6 comments:

  1. You will look gorgeous in that floral so don't chicken out!!!:) I'm looking forward to seeing the finished coat.

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    1. Cindy, thanks for the vote of confidence in the fabric. I can't picture it finished at all, like I usually can, so I'm looking forward to seeing it too!

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  2. I love your fabric! I can't wait to see your Minoru! I'm nervous about Sewaholic patterns because I am so not pear shaped. Please change my mind!

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    1. Hello, Stacie, I'm glad you like the fabric. I'm not as pear-shaped as Sewaholic's size charts, but I love the fit of her patterns, and how she writes her instructions. Pick a style of hers you really love, and go for it!!

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  3. I also love your fabric choices. I've been lusting after this pattern too. I 've been too cheap to order it and pay for postage from Canada!

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  4. Karin, I'm still not convinced that I made a good fabric choice, so it's great that you like it. You're not being cheap at all, these patterns are expensive. You probably know that if you're on her mailing list, you get free shipping on the Pre-sale for a new pattern, and can also add a second pattern - softens the blow a little!

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