Return to Project: The House Coat

so after a day of working on a futuristic dress for my sister I figured it was time to go back to the past and work on my 1950s house coat. so where I left off last was that I had the lining done for the the house coat and the bodice of the exterior done the sleeves and skirt had not even been cut because i gave up in a rage against my overly dull rotary cutter blade which has since been replaced. Since I got back to work on it I have made some more fun strides on it.

I got the Skirt and sleeves cut and attached to the exterior and I have attached the lining to the exterior (half way). I still have things to do as far as piecing it together as well as pieces to cut out but  it's getting there!

Progress Picture of the day (with a reversible view!) :

project #2 is almost complete

so a few hours later from my last post about simplicity 1325. I am almost done. all thats left is sewing in the zipper! SO with out further ado, my project of the day in its (almost) complete state!

which means!! I can now get back to my house coat...maybe I'll get that done....eventually... just kidding. it'll happen soon!

Project Break for Simplicity 1325

So I, like many others, am incapable of working on just one project at a time. so for the moment my House coat is on hold. This weekend is an event where my sister and I are dressing up in Past and Present for a ball situation. so I am creating a dress for my sister out of blue lame and a fun blue netting kind of fabric and adding some silver ric-rac. I have the pieces cut but I have to spend some time sewing it together today since it is my only day off.

so we're making the dress out of Simplicity pattern 1325

It's a rather odd fabric to work with. i wouldn't say it's hard but it isn't easy. So far i have the top together and once i get past my lunch break i'm going to try to crank out the rest of it so that i can get back to my house coat. :)

but here are some pictures of the project so far:

definitely different than what i'm used to in my projects! but lots of fun still.

The House Coat: lining

So I continued work on the lining of my house coat in the beautiful hot pink flannel backed satin. I put it on and it's every bit of luxurious that I expected. It's so beautiful and comfortable, in fact, that I have decided that I may attempt to make it reversible. it shouldn't be too hard...but then again who knows we'll see what happens once I get the outside done. but here is a sneak peak at the lining...inside out because it's just so pretty!

the skirt is so full that it fits over the vintage wedding dress on my mannequin without struggling to keep it closed!