Autumn Sewing: Pauline Alice Quart Coat

This is the coat dreams are made of. 

It's all in the details. Pleats, lining, epaulets, zips, hanging loop!

I heart Pauline Alice patterns!

I seem to have added all bar two of her patterns to my collection. Whoops.

I'll be making her overalls next. (much to my husbands dismay, sorry not sorry)

I wanted this pattern as soon as I saw it.

It didn't matter that it was still summer here and coats were at the back of the sewing queue.

You know what its like when you get a new pattern and you want to sew it RIGHT NOW!

So thats what happened...

The Quart Coat comes in a lovely envelope with cute illustrations and the instructions are excellent, and in 3 languages no less!  

After sewing some very colourful coats last year (Bright Orange!) it was about time to make a staple coat that would go with everything. Basic black.
I took a trip to The Fabric Store and scooped up some melton wool.
I absolutely love sewing this stuff!

I won't go too much into the construction because it will probably bore you to death...

I made some shoulder pads and a back stay and interfaced the hell outta this sucker with a nice tailors interfering from work. I'm starting to run out of good interfacing. Anybody have any good suggestions/suppliers?

I used a poly charmeuse for the lining because its a nice weight and seemed to go with the wool.

Sewing it was a complete nightmare though. So slippery and fray city!

I sewed slowly (for me) and completed little bits of the coat here and there. It took about a week on and off to finish it up. There was a fair bit of hand sewing and lots of buttons to sew on. 

All in all a very satisfying make!

                    

 Here is a couple of shots of it on its maiden voyage to the Queen Vic Market and surrounds.

Side note: 

I was heavily hung over after going to see Russell Kane at the comedy fest and visiting many bars. 

So many bars. I. was. very. sick.

(So sick that I got an amazing plate of muesli and bagel that cost a million dollars and ate about one spoonful of it. No good).

Twas a nice day for a prance though!

The verdict is that I love this coat. It it SO warm, a nice mid length and comfy as hell.

This will get a lot of wear. In fact it already is the daily chuck on!

Yep. Was having a moment here...

Please stop taking my photo. In fact don't even look in my direction. Don't even breathe near me.

Anybody else sewing any Pauline Alice patterns???

Its a true romance happening over here...