Patch Pocket Coat

When I found the fabric for Owen's Downton Duffle Coat, I also found some wool fabric that would be cute for a girl's coat. It was also a steal of a deal, $3/yard. I got some thinking I would make Camille a coat.

The Downton Coat could be cute for a girl, but the style of the fabric I had didn't really match the style of that pattern, so I went looking for what I wanted and settled on this pattern from Burda.

Cute, huh? Once I opened the digital pattern, I realized it was going to be a lot harder than Owen's coat. There were just two pages of cutting and sewing instructions, one of how to tape the printed pages together and what materials to use, and one of sewing instructions, including one drawing of the coat. The instructions were short, vague and hard to follow, but I got the coat made. I still don't understand what some of the instructions meant, but it's done.

I haven't tried it on Camille because it's going to be her Christmas present from us, but it should be plenty big since I made the equivalent of US size 4. I'm hoping she will like it since I used Minnie Mouse fabric (pink with white dots) for the lining. Thanks to Mom for giving me that fabric.

I'm still unhappy with the how the buttons are lined up.

And that's the box pleat that I picked out at least 3 times and still couldn't center.

UPDATE: Quilt

UPDATE: I sent this off to my friend and she got it yesterday. She loved it, even with all it's craziness. What she said was crazy was that she was 32 and didn't own a blanket. You never know what someone might love.

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I brought one of those quilt tops home with me after going through Mom's fabric. I had no idea what I would do with it.

When we were in Arizona, I spent an evening with my companion who lives there. In conversation she mentioned not having any blankets. I couldn't believe it! I knew that this quilt top was going to be living with her. I only had to buy batting to finish it off. I had the backing from a lady who died back in our first married ward. Her husband wanted to give the fabric to someone who would make good use of it. To finish it off, I tied it with some yarn I had. After working on this project, I decided I liked several of the fabrics whoever made the top used. Too bad it went into this quilt top, and I didn't get just a huge bolt of it.