Green Forest Fairy Coat is Done!

It turned out Just Beautiful.  I absolutely love it!  I brought it to a party on NYE to let people try it on, and see how it flows and hangs on different sized people, and I have to say that this coat looked great on really, everyone who tried it on.  Maybe I've just got Proud Mom syndrome, but this coat is *delightful*.  I think it's one of the best things I've ever made.

As always, I'm really tempted to hang on to it.. but I have too many coats, there is no room in the coat closet, so I am going to list it up on my Etsy store later today.. I hope it makes someone as happy as it's making me!

Pictures, modeled beautifully by Vanessa:

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Dark Green Forest Faerie Coat.. Frustration Strikes

In the last post I mentioned that I was unhappy with the way the pockets lie in this coat.  Too puffy, they mess up the lines of the coat a bit.  So I took them out, tried another method (this time lined them with rib knit instead of fleece and graded out some of the fabric) and I'm still not happy.  I tried taking the leaf part off altogether, and just making a little unobtrusive "slit" pocket, but after so much sewing and un-sewing and re-sewing, the pockets now gape open in an annoying way and I'm just not quite sure what to do.  So, it's been sitting on my table for the past few days, awaiting inspiration.

I have one more idea, something simple that might work well, and I'm going to try it today.  Here's hoping it looks AMAZING.. then I will do a proper photo shoot with this coat.  :)

I also want to remember to modify my pattern to match reality.  This was the first coat I made from this pattern, and there were lots of little changes which I remember *now* but of course when I want to make another coat like this in a month or two, I'll have to reinvent the wheel unless I find time to update the pattern.  (But, redoing patterns is .. so.. unglamorous.. sigh)

On a fun note!  Darrell did a stop-motion video of me making this pattern and coat!  It turned out really fun!  Here it is.. enjoy!

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Forest Fairy Hoodie is Up!

I just got back from the park where we took some photos of my latest hoodie creation.. let me know what you think!  I feel like an elf in this one.

This is actually a revisit of my original Forest Faerie hoodie, which was one of the first designs I ever did.  It may have been the first one I ever made after getting my serger for christmas last year, and I've worn that one so much.  It really was my favorite article of clothing for much of the year.  Unfortunately, I live pretty loud and that tends to be a little rough on the things I love (read all you want into that).  My forest faerie hoodie has been spilled on, climbed in, slept in, sat upon, rumpled up and used as a pillow, and lit on fire (I was fire eating in it and dropped the fire eating torch on myself).

I intended for this one to replace it, but this one somehow turned out to be a larger size, so I've listed it on Etsy so someone who fits it perfectly will be able to take it home and love it.

More pictures in the photo gallery

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