Author: Cathy Tremain

Cathy Tremainhttps://austerity101.wordpress.comI am a successful self employed bookkeeper. I am self taught as a seamstress and this has been my passion for years. By the way I am a little loopy!
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The Washed wool coat–an update.

The coat is coming along albeit slowly!  I have lined the coat with cotton quilt batting and again hand stitched it into place.

The collar is attached – the neat thing about washed wool is that the felt can be left unfinished at the edges.  At least I will try.  Today I will add pockets to the front though all layers then will begin on the silk lining.  I hope to have it finished by the onset of the cold and I know that I am cutting it very close. Distractions from Darkness 007sunday 009

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The back yard deer!

The back yard deer! They never cease to amaze me.  The young doe and a buck with three points.  The tenderness between the two is amazing. the deer 017

The buck has an eye infection, it looks painful and yet he is seeing something though the eye.  He still looks though it – his watchful gaze was noticeable from either eye!  It gives him an surreal look – eerie on it’s own. the deer 003the deer 002the deer 030the deer 034the deer 039the deer 065the deer 037

Basted: The washed wool winter coat.

Basted: My washed wool winter coat.  The beginnings.

 

Wool coat front side panel

The washed wool was a 4 meters of wool plaid found at the thrift shop for 10$.  I washed it in hot sanitize cycle of my washing machine with the bath mats and slippers!  This was done over two years and the material stuck around in the stash.  I suspect that this winter will be cold and that I need a proper warm coat.

For the pattern, I am using the 1912 traveling coat. https://austerity101.wordpress.com/2012/08/08/now-for-my-jacket-2/ I really like the princess cut of the pattern.  It is easy to meld into my shape.  As I added greatly to the length to bring the coat to just above my knees I found that I was a bit short.  So the under sleeves and front under panel are in the natural wool.

 

Other things 023The coat will comprise of the washed wool in plaid and a natural wool also picked up from the thrift shop for a few dollars and washed the same as the plaid over time. I purchases some quilting cotton batting for the inner layer for warmth.  The lining will be in blue sand washed silk. Again, a thrift shop find of 6meters for 20$.

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Nov 7 13 014When I put the cut wool  pieces together and sewed them on they shifted.  And that was with the walking foot in full gear!  So, I pulled each seam apart and hand basted each seam so the plaid now matches at all seams.

Washed wool coat front zipper view

The front opening is by zipper on the left side.  Again this was had picked into place and topstitched by hand to keep it there.

Washed wool coat - basted front view

Washed wool coat - basted backt viewSo before I can add the interlining and lining, I will topstitch by hand all seams.  This is to seal each seam with the overlap.  It will add bulk that will be hidden once the interlining is in place. Then I will steam the seams.  Then on to the interlining, lining, hood and cuffs.

 

The ginger cat Gentile enjoys her breakfast

    The ginger cat Gentile enjoys her breakfast – the time change meant that she was a late in getting fed.  Her impatience is captured here.  No program has touched this photo  – it is the same as what my camera holds.    

The Gorge Nov 2013 004It is funny when she does this and my camera was on my desk – so I took four shots and this is the forth!  The first three were wrought with hand shake – so I put the camera on the desk and hit the button. 

What I find interesting is the reflection in the water black water dish in that it carries on the vase with the butter fly in  it. The only light was the overhead light and very low at that.  The sun would not rise for half an hour so that I can rule out.  

Any thoughts?   I have no explanation.            

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I am including the one taken just before I placed the camera on the desk for the breakfast shot for comparison.