Vogue Patterns: 1083 (MISSES' COAT) - Type:Outerwear  | | Viewed 285 times
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| | Posted on: | 2/8/13 4:07 PM | | Last Updated: | 2/8/13 5:24 PM | | Pattern Size: | Petite | | Project Photo: |  | | Pattern Photo: | 
Vogue Patterns Pattern Info | | Pattern Rating: | Difficult, but great for Advanced Sewers | | See other patterns in this category: Outerwear | Available for sale on PR: $18.75 (See envelope)  | | | | Related Links | Click on  to add a link |
| At the start of the Autumn it occurred to me that I needed some staple, comfy, warm winter garments and I went out on a couple of trips to pick some up. On my travels I couldnt help noticing gorgeous camel coats everywhere. I loved the warm neutral colour and the lovely soft fabrics and at the time I felt that I was in need of a winter coat that was long enough to wear over skirts and dresses.
I had a look through some Vintage patterns but ended up choosing a reproduction pattern originally from 1953: Vintage Vogue 1083.
I was lucky enough to find some lovely 100 percent Camel hair coating from one of my favourite online fabrics shops Truro Fabrics.
They also had a gold lining that worked really well with it, I have mentioned previously that I am a big fan of their superior linings, they are completely static free, breathable, easy to work with and they hang really nicely.
The coat calls for interlining and luckily I had some cotton flannel that I bought from The Cotton Patch left in my stash. Their flannel is lovely and as it’s primarily intended for quilting it is super duper wide! I also had JUST enough hair canvas for the front of the coat. Dont you love it when that happens?
I decided to make up the version without the closure but to lower the neckline. I made up a calico toile of the coat in the size 6 (I would normally make up a size 8 but this looked big.) then I made the following alterations.
I shortened the hemline by 25cm as the coat was mid calf and I wanted it knee length
I removed 5 cm fullness from the front panel by slashing from the hemline to mid shoulder and overlapping 5cm at the hemline sloping up to 0 at the shoulder.
I removed 10cm fullness from the back panel pattern piece in the same way. I did this at two separate points overlapping each 5cm at the hem as this is less disruptive to the shape of the pattern piece than removing hemline fullness all in one spot.
I ignored the fish dart at the neckline and slashed and spread the outer edge of the collar 1.5cm at the back of the neck, the combination of these two alterations gave me the lower break line for the shawl collar that I wanted.
I curved the drop shoulder down by 1.5cm on the front and back panel, this was because the drop shoulders were square and didnt sit as smoothly as I wanted where the sleeve was attached.
I removed 6 cm of width from the centre of the sleeves. This dealt with the amount removed from the drop shoulders but also removed the unnecessary amount of ease included in the sleeves. They were HUGE!
I transferred these alterations back to the paper pattern pieces and then made the same alterations to the corresponding lining, facing, interfacing pieces.
Construction wise I followed the pattern instructions pretty closely, being a vintage reproduction it uses a lot of the traditional techniques that I love. I added pad stitching to the shawl collar and stitched the hair canvas down with cotton tape, trimming the canvas so that it didnt extend into the seam allowances. This is a couture technique that helps to create nice flat, crisp edges.
The facing and hem are stitched invisibly down to the inside of the coat by hand. The interlining is then stitched to the inside of the coat along all the seam lines by hand and then finally the lining is attached by hand on top of this!
Before embarking upon all this hand stitching I ran my thread through some tailors beeswax as this really helps prevent knots from forming in your thread. Once the coat was completed I created thread chains to loosely attach the lining to the coat at the side seams. This keeps everything hanging nicely and stops the lining twisting or riding up.
For tips on little couture techniques like this I would highly recommend Claire B Shaeffers book Couture Sewing Techniques.
This would be a fantastic project for anyone who is interested in sewing a coat using traditional techniques but that feels they need a little more instruction than may be offered from an original vintage pattern (the instructions in these can be a little thin on the ground.). It is not however a great choice for anyone who doesn’t like hand work- consider yourself warned people!
To read a my full review with more photos please drop by my sewing blog the Little Tailoress.
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Oh, I have this pattern! Nice job!
2/8/13 4:47 PM
Beautiful job! Looks fabulous on you. Looking forward to making this coat.
2/8/13 5:13 PM
Gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous.
2/8/13 6:51 PM
How lovely!
2/8/13 8:31 PM
Gorgeous classic and thanks for all the construction details.
2/8/13 11:20 PM
Gorgeous. Beautiful couture details.
2/9/13 2:21 AM
Just fabulous. The review, the craftsmanship and you in the coat.
2/9/13 9:07 AM
simply stunning
2/9/13 4:09 PM
This is a fabulous classic coat!
2/10/13 4:23 PM