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Aya's Examples New York, USAClick on pictures for enlargements. Eowyn's Fir Trimmed CoatI used McCall's pattern 3686. I raised the neckline a bit and maid it
less pointed in the center (although the photos you can't really tell that!)
and made it quite a bit wider; now it sits almost at the edges of my
shoulders. I also put the eight buttons in the front spaced as evenly as I
could manage (somehow I measured them and they're STILL uneven) from the top
button to the bottom one which I placed relatively arbitrarily, at about the
top of the
The lining is a mid-heavyweight black cotton, while the outside is a very dark brown crepe; both pieces were cut from the same pattern, in the same size. They are attached at the front/neckline, as well as at the ends of the sleeves. I hemmed the bottoms separately.
I will add the cords to the sleeves as soon as I find some dark cording (my attempts to make it out of the crepe failed in a miserable ball of unraveling wool) to do it with, probably just tacked on and without particularly trailing ends. I also need to get a nice brooch!
Also check out her Arwen chase outfit
This page was last updated 11/21/09 |