The lovely Wendy with her plummy pink shawl collar jacket-weight wool Melton coat. It is super soft and lightweight, the lightness is continued with wool wadding in the collar and front facing. It is lined in jacquard coat lining, and there are tailored shoulder pads to add shape and help with the structure. There were a few telephone calls during the making of this coat over advice for what to use and where, it was worth all the deliberation, we think this coat is going to get a lot of wear over the coming years đ
The pattern is Katherine Tilton for Butterick B5960
Wendy’s comments:
The wool wading worked very well. Â The collar and front facing are both interfaced with it. Â Quite an interesting construction with the collar, front and front facing in one piece (for each side) with a dart to form the collar. Â I tried various things in the hem, including the wool wading, but it seemed to need more weight so I used a 3â strip of the hair canvas in the end which worked well. Â I have quite narrow, sloping shoulders so I had to give the shoulders/top of sleeves more structure with shoulder pads and sleeve heads which looked a lot better on me. Â I also hand sewed the lining hem to the coat with a jump pleat rather than leaving it loose as the pattern suggested. Â