Fabric in hand, it's time to pull out the pattern and get down to business. My pattern has sizes S - XL , a size chart and figures of a man showing chest, waist, arm and height. Using my handy dandy dashboard converter I find that the chest measurement for Size M (which I consider [...]
Category: Duffle coat
The shopping adventure with Brian
After calculating my yardage it was time to hit the streets of New York. I'm so lucky that Brian is willing to go with me on these excursions. If there's a promise of Chinese food, he's willing to put up with just about anything. I drove from Maine and met him at the Secaucus rail [...]
Sorry, I don’t do metric
The unit converter widget on the iMac dashboard has become my best friend. If you study the fabric layout diagrams carefully you will see where the fabric has been folded. There are a couple of different layouts for the coat that I'm making. One with 58" wide fabric and one with 36" wide fabric. 36"??? [...]
The pattern
Here is the book that I am using. Although I found it on Ebay, I actually ended up ordering it on Etsy from the same seller. I have to admit that I was dubious about ordering an item from Japan. I envisioned all sorts of issues with customs, and pretty much convinced myself that I [...]
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