Looking on pattern review, I'm leaning toward 5987, a pattern that's been made up beautifully by several gals:
Cozy winter white by Meg
Sharon's in a camel color. On her blog sharonsews.blogspot.com she includes a great tip on how to make a mitered corner by stitching on the diagonal. And she shows various ways of wearing this versatile coat.
Chic Black Wool by Nancy
Fresh, pretty green wool by Annie
Gray polar fleece by Claire, who uses a beautiful finish she calls a "Greek stitch", which I've not seen before, but it surely looks lovely.
What if you used hem-tape or lace in a contrasting color? Or would that show too much? (I can't tell from the pattern.)
ReplyDelete5987 definitely gets my vote. So stylish! My machine has that stitch. It's a Brother CS-6000, purchased 5+ years ago at Wal-Mart, of all places.
ReplyDeleteI love 5987 so much. I've had it in my stash for a while, but don't know what fabric to use for it.
ReplyDeleteI'm with 5897!
ReplyDeleteI think a coat 5987 would be very elegant in the camel color you've chosen. I'd vote for that one.
ReplyDeleteI think the 5987 is just lovely, and your fabric will be prefect for this. Good luck! I've never heard of Greek stitch before, but it looks a bit like an overlocked edge, which has then been turned under and topstitched.
ReplyDeleteHi Anita! I think the greek seam looks fantastic, will really work on a fleec fabric!!!!!But if it is too complicated, I would go for a clean finish instead.
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Thanks everyone for helping me choose. I decided on 5987, and I just cut it out. It looks like it'll be uber-easy... just the decision on how to clean finish all those long edges. Thanks for all the ideas on how to do that too.
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