Ann from our Cloth Club wearing her teal wool mix draped dress
Fabrics and Notions:
Wool mix flannel
Venezia lining
Self made bias binding
A dress in this relaxed syle rarely needs a zip closure- just make sure the neck is big enough for your head to get through.
KitCat in red cashmere mix duffle coat (Made by Jane)
Fabrics and Notions:
Red cashmere mix coating
Black chicken printed cotton
Toggle buttons
Viscose iron-on interfacing
Carole from our Cloth Club wearing her orange boiled wool unlined and unstructured jacket
Fabrics and Notions:
Burnt orange 100% boiled wool
Pattern: Butterick 4707 (modified)
Boiled wools vary in thickness and quality and thus vary in care instructions too – despite what the name suggests, a boiled wool with a high wool content is unlikely to be washable (they shrink to Tiny Tears Dolly size in one wash).
Jane wearing fine black wool worsted skirt with spotty satin lining.
Fabric and notions:
Black Worsted wool
Spotty Polyester Satin (Frill lining) and Black Venezia (lining)
Medium weight knitted Iron on interfacing
Piping and piping cord
Invisible zip
Pattern: Simplicity 3881
Jane wearing wool melton skirt with frill hem. (Made by Clair)
Fabric and Notions:
Wool Melton coating
Shot Taffeta Frill lining, Venezia Lining
Viscose iron-on interfacing
Piping with bias binding
Invisible zip
Pattern: Simplicity 3881
Wool melton is traditionally used for coats and heavy jackets, but can be used on other garments when the structural characteristics of a coating wool is required. (It’s a good idea to use co-ordinating lighter fabrics to make up facings, if required)
Jane with her superb Austrian border-embroidered long skirt with split.
Fabric and Notions:
Border-embroidered Wool Flannel
Silk Habotai Lining
Viscose iron-on interfacing
Invisible zip
Pattern: McCall’s 3341
Bess with her super-warm wool wadding quilted wool tweed coat
The hood unzips to flatten out as a collar, and the sleeves have big box pleats that get graunched in at the cuff. The Gucci coat that inspired it was made from proofed nylon and stuffed with down.
Fabrics and Notions:
Shetland Wool Tweed
100% Wool Batting (for the quilting)
Tactel Breathable Windproof lining
Viscose iron-on interfacing
Satin Bias Binding and piping cord
Open-end metal zips
Anorak Snap Fasteners
Pattern: Custom made
There is a fine pink window-pane check in this coat, that would completely disappear from view at night time, there was a certain amount of swearing done when trying to match the invisible checks, but (as of May 2012) this coat has survived Bess’s tom-boy antics for six winters, with little more than a biro-ink stain. This is the go-to-coat-of-choice as soon as the temperature drops, so it was definitely worth it
