Coat disaster

Disaster! Cut out the coat. Cut out the (fur) lining of the coat. Stitched the coat together, double stitching to prevent fraying. Tried the coat on. Too small.

It makes a fetching outer garment for the spring/autumn, if I fasten it at the very top of my throat, but it does not do up across the chest and there is no room in the arms for a fur lining. I might have to hem it and use it as it is, to avoid wasting the fabric.

This is what I get for using an untried pattern instead of measuring it myself!

I wanted the coat for the Mill Road Winter Fair. At which I'll be playing music for Coton Morris. And the fair is on the 2nd of December, so there's no time to order more material and do it properly.

If I can't get it done by then, I'll have to go in my normal winter coat, which is vivid pink - and Coton's colours are black and white. It will cause something of a stir if I turn up like a flamingo among crows.

OTOH, the coat fits quite nicely across the shoulders and back. It's only the chest and sleeves that it was unprepared for. It's possible that if make up the fur material on its own and insert two full length panels in the front, that will do the job. It may look a bit weird but at this point I'll take a coat that fits over one that looks good.

Crossing my fingers and starting again. Watch this space :)