Sewing Cold Weather Gear

[Juliegoddess]

Thanks ladies! And Bethany, I am a clothing designer, so I do sew a LOT...haha! However, I don't do a lot of outerwear. It's a completely different beast sometimes, with the extra notions, hardware, and technical fabrics involved.

Now, if you asked me for a double-breasted wool dress coat, no problem! I can do that! I can also do the biking jacket too...but I've never actually had one in my hands to see how the construction was done, etc.

Now I've got a good starting point!!

[Velocivixen]

Too bad you couldn't find a real cheap jacket that you liked the design of, then deconstruct it and use the pieces as your pattern. My mom used to do this all the time if she found a garnet she loved, then would make it with different fabrics. Or she would take it (usually a dress) apart, trace the shapes onto newspaper for pattern fabric and re-sew the original garment. Then when it woreout or whatever she could sew another one.