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| Adapted pattern |
The starting point: a blouse pattern converted into a jacket of polar fleece and adapted in a number of ways. Pattern pieces were simply cut out and then blanket-stitched together; no need to hem with polar fleece. The collar has been adapted into an oversized teardrop shape. Pockets have been added.
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| New teardrop collar |
For the buttons, I tried an experiment, cutting abstract shapes out of felt, layering a piece or two, and using the felt as buttons.
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| Felt button |
To use the felt button, you just fold or squish it together, pull it through the button hole, and flatten it out again. To my surprise, it works perfectly, particularly in combo with the polar fleece.
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| Pull button through button hole |
And there you have it — felt buttons.
brilliant. lovely!
ReplyDeletecurious....... do they stay secure
while you wear the coat?
Yes they do stay secure, but I suspect you'd need a garment fabric like polar fleece for that to be so. I was amazed when this worked.
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