I am a Malaysian born and bred, presently living in Iowa with my husband and son. Always been into making things, I love cooking and do a lot of handsewing (mostly home deco stuff and crafts). My husband bought me my very first sewing machine 2 years ago, but I only braved myself to have a go at using it last year. My goal this year is to teach myself garment sewing, and that's what I've been doing for the past few months...
For my first post, I am sharing with you my Cape/Cloak/Capelet project that I completed last month. It took me about a month from start to finish, but I am super proud (and relieved) that it's done!
Materials:
- 1 Smelly long tan suede coat (fabulous faux fur collar came with it) found at a consignment shop (cost $20)
- 1 thrifted men's plaid wool jacket (cost $0.25)
- Thread from stash
And here I am at the park wearing the cape/cloak/capelet, fit for chilly fall in the Midwest.
If you are interested to read more on this project, come and visit me at my blog Memoryseed (I'm very green at blogging too!). I have a few projects on the works, so I will be back soon.
Peace,
Far @ Memoryseed
4 comments:
It looks like you've spent a lot of time working on this cape, it looks great. I'm *imagining* what the old smelly coat looked like before!
Lol! Thanks Erica Louise! :)
Great job, I never think to refashion coats into outerwear, I always tend to use the fabric for other (usually non wearable) stuff. Great idea and who doesn't love a cape?
Thanks Ruby! I accidentally shrunk 2 of my favorite wool jackets recently :( I'm still thinking of what to reuse the fabric for...
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