Mohair coat, with collar

I finished putting the collar and facings on the mohair coat today:

I’m moderately pleased with it.  The collar looks nice (good choice of colors), and one lapel is just about perfect.  In the other, however, it seems I didn’t add enough room for turn-of-cloth, and so the mohair fabric is showing behind the collar.  (If you load the full-size photo, you can see it.)  We’ll see whether the problem persists after I’ve tacked down the facing and applied the lining.

I botched sewing in one of the sleeves, so one sleeve hangs perfectly and the other has big wrinkle lines.  Unfortunately I didn’t see that until I had trimmed the seams, so I’m pretty much stuck with it.  Nonetheless I am fairly pleased with the coat overall.  Not perfect, but I’ve learned a lot, and it’s not bad for a first effort.

I still have to put in the lining, but the coat is nearly finished!  And a good thing too – I’m eager to get to work on the wedding dress, and of course there’s still the “real” coat to do!!