Sunday, November 6, 2011
Tailoring the coat: Part II
With the lapels of Liam's coat finished, I continued work on the body of the coat using one strand of Felicity's Garden "Truffle" in a skip-tent stitch. I then went back to the stitches previously skipped and filled them in with FG "Snow"--the same thread I'd used for the sweater.
The right side of the coat is finished; the left side is a little shy of half-done. The combination of the two colors has produced a soft oatmeal tweed, just what I was hoping for!
With this much completed, I was able to go back to add trim using a medium brown Petite Very Velvet that picks up one of the brown shades in the scarf. The lapel was edged in tent stitch; the breast pocket and buttonhole were worked in a slanted gobelin stitch.
Still on my "to-do" list: finish the left side of the coat, stitch the pocket handkerchief and give Liam some trousers!
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3 comments:
You have the most stylish "men" in your life!
Yes, do give the poor man some pants...it's chilly, even on the emerld isle.
Beautifully done..very stylish, indeed.
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