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April 21, 2009 by Tien Chiu 2 Comments

Mohair coat, with collar

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

The mohair coat, collar attached
The mohair coat, collar attached

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!!

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  1. trona says

    November 15, 2013 at 8:24 am

    ARE THESE THINGS ever LINED.. WITH A LINING, TO KEEP THE MOHAIR FROM CAUSING
    MISERY?

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    • Tien Chiu says

      November 15, 2013 at 9:05 am

      I don’t know what other people do, but I lined mine. I hope that helps!

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