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From: DorothyL
Date: 12-12-2006, 05:22 PM (1 of 22)
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I finally finished my coat for this winter -- good thing it has been mild, huh? It took forever -- for no good reason -- I just kept sewing a couple seams and quitting for the day. Then the next day something would come up. So, since before Thanksgiving I worked on it at a snails pace. But it is finished and I'm happy. http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e212/DorothyLong/mycoat.jpg Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
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From: PaulineG
Date: 12-12-2006, 05:25 PM (2 of 22)
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You should be happy - it looks great.
Pauline
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User: PaulineG
Member since: 09-08-2006 Total posts: 901 |
From: Sancin
Date: 12-12-2006, 05:40 PM (3 of 22)
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Dorothy I also like the coat. I love a herringbone for anything. Like the style as well. Walk out warm and proud, lady! *~*~*~* Nancy*~*~*~* " I try to take one day at a time - but sometimes several days attack me at once."
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User: Sancin
Member since: 02-13-2005 Total posts: 895 
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From: Patty22
Date: 12-12-2006, 06:11 PM (4 of 22)
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Dorothy, I love your coat and the collar is very nice - feminine, yet not cutsie. As usual, you always use a stunning lining. You're going to have to stop by for  when you're in the neighborhood.
Patty
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User: Patty22
Member since: 03-29-2006 Total posts: 1194 |
From: esrun3
Date: 12-12-2006, 09:50 PM (5 of 22)
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Your coat looks great Dorothy!
Lyn
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User: esrun3
Member since: 12-02-2004 Total posts: 2345 |
From: vickki
Date: 12-12-2006, 10:41 PM (6 of 22)
| Your coat is beautiful,I had to buy mine,not smart enough to make one and don't know how to see well enough,Vic |
User: vickki
Member since: 08-21-2005 Total posts: 374 |
From: vickki
Date: 12-12-2006, 10:42 PM (7 of 22)
| Should be SEW well enough. |
User: vickki
Member since: 08-21-2005 Total posts: 374 |
From: Brenisback
Date: 12-13-2006, 04:59 AM (8 of 22)
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Nice job Dorothy!!!
Brenda
People come into your life ...for a Reason a Season or a Lifetime. |
User: Brenisback
Member since: 09-20-2004 Total posts: 228 |
From: DorothyL
Date: 12-13-2006, 07:25 AM (9 of 22)
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Thank you all -- Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: MaryW
Date: 12-13-2006, 08:39 AM (10 of 22)
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I like the style too, and the lining sets it off nicely. Did you use interlining at all?
MaryW
owner/editor of Sew Whats New |
User: MaryW
Member since: 06-23-2005 Total posts: 2542 
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From: DorothyL
Date: 12-13-2006, 11:49 AM (11 of 22)
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No, Mary, I didn't and on some very cold day I shall probably regret it. The wool is really light weight. But I have a huge wool cape that I can wear over it and it has a lining with gin and hellfire to keep me warm.  Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: Magot
Date: 12-13-2006, 11:57 AM (12 of 22)
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Love the coat Dorothy - gin and hell fire sounds like a mega-cocktail, or is this some hitherto unknown sewing term?
love and kisses, Jan
Guts-R-Us Cells a Speciality DNA to order. |
User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626 
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From: MaryW
Date: 12-13-2006, 12:26 PM (13 of 22)
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Gin and hellfire will do the trick, the cape will help too.
MaryW
owner/editor of Sew Whats New |
User: MaryW
Member since: 06-23-2005 Total posts: 2542
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From: Pudge99
Date: 12-13-2006, 01:04 PM (14 of 22)
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Nice Jacket. I love the red lining!
Gina
Pictures of my successes and failures Pfaff 2040 Janome Mylock 134D Singer Futura CE-100 w/ Autopunch Husqvarna Viking 3D Sketch |
User: Pudge99
Member since: 10-30-2001 Total posts: 1375 |
From: DorothyL
Date: 12-13-2006, 02:17 PM (15 of 22)
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You can't see it in the picture, but there is red in the wool too. And the lining is a jacquard with daisies on it. Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: dmoses
Date: 12-13-2006, 05:16 PM (16 of 22)
Beautiful job, Dorothy! 
Take care,
Donna |
User: dmoses
Member since: 02-22-2002 Total posts: 964 
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From: Debby215
Date: 12-13-2006, 11:07 PM (17 of 22)
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You should be proud indeed Dorothy, the coat is stunning, and I especially love the red lining to offset the black and white. I don't know if I would EVER attempt a coat, maybe when I grow up...LOL
Debby
So much fabric....... So little time!! |
User: Debby215
Member since: 11-14-2001 Total posts: 611 
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From: DorothyL
Date: 12-14-2006, 07:57 AM (18 of 22)
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I find I enjoy making coats. Around here you wear them so much that it is nice to have something you've made yourself to show off. They really aren't hard -- unless you go out of the way to get a more complicated pattern. They shouldn't take as long as this one though. Work is seriously getting in the way of sewing. Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: MaryW
Date: 12-14-2006, 08:51 AM (19 of 22)
There is a lady on Julie Culshaw's site that makes herself a few different coats and makes her dog one to match. 
MaryW
owner/editor of Sew Whats New |
User: MaryW
Member since: 06-23-2005 Total posts: 2542
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From: DorothyL
Date: 12-14-2006, 08:57 AM (20 of 22)
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Yeah, my daughter has suggested that. No, I don't think Lucy and I will have matching coats. I won't make or wear matching shirts with my husband either. Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: bridesmom
Date: 12-15-2006, 10:42 PM (21 of 22)
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I love the coat Dorothy, the lining really sets it off.
Laura
Tickled pink with my Innovis 4000D |
User: bridesmom
Member since: 01-21-2004 Total posts: 2026 |
From: moon
Date: 01-01-2007, 11:10 PM (22 of 22)
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Dorothy, I just love your coat,I really like the fabric and the color. Maybe you won't need the gin and hellfire lining antime soon!hehe |
User: moon
Member since: 07-10-2006 Total posts: 16 |
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