Let's make a coat - Part 3

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Cutting out

No matter how many times I do this mistakes are going to be made. Just like this time. 

Let me show you first what I mean.


Note to self: DO NOT CUT PATTERNS THIS WAY.

Let me explain what I mean. 
Each fabric has a direction in which it falls. (The best display for this is velvet.) It is therefore important that, when cutting parts of the pattern, each of them falls on the same side (preferably downwards). In this case, we have wool, so it shouldn't be noticable, but with other materials, this can be a drastic mistake that can't be corrected.

DON'T DO WHAT I DID.


For this coat I am using this blue wool and for lining this fancy looking cotton. Cotton is not normally used as lining, but I got bored of lining fabrics and for some reason there quality dropped.

I have bought around 4m (4.37yd) wool and 3m (3.28yd) cotton. There is also around 1m (1yd) of red lining fabric for the cape and 1m (1yd) of interlining, 5 big red buttons, 3 red small buttons and red bias tape. 

I got my material from a local store. You can get nice wool all around the place. And if you are a beginner try to get what you can and practise on it. It is not always smart to go for the best and than ruin it because you don't know how it behaves. 

Things that I used for this project:

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https://amzn.to/3rNI533 - tracing paper

https://amzn.to/3eqGTzl - tailors chalk

https://amzn.to/3esf2yN - interlining

https://amzn.to/3yAMXMs - bias tape


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