Even in winter, every woman wants to look fashionable and original. And for this it is not necessary to spend huge amounts of money on acquiring expensive outerwear. After all, you can sew a winter coat with your own hands. Especially if there is a desire to create a masterpiece, because hand made things are at the peak of popularity today. And in order to sew a coat with your own hands and please yourself with fashionable clothes, you will not need huge expenses. Although a little tinkering, but it's worth it.
Materials and fittings
In order to sew a coat with your own hands, you need to purchase any coat coat . It can be polar, cashmere, boucle or wool, and now in stores you can find not only plain materials. Coupon fabrics are also in abundance, from which a truly unique thing can be made.
In addition to the main fabric, you will also need a lining. It is better to give preference to material of the middle price category, since a cheap lining will quickly become worthless. You also need to stock up with glue non-woven to stabilize the main fabric, matching threads, buttons and a pattern.
Where to get a pattern
For many, it’s not difficult to make a coat with your own hands, the main thing here is accuracy and some knowledge of sewing techniques. What can not be said about the construction of the pattern. For a good fit, you need to make it based on your measurements.
There are two ways: you can take a ready-made pattern and fit it to your size, or you can build the basis yourself by calculations, from which to simulate the desired style. For this, it is necessary to recall school labor lessons, where a frame was drawn with the length of the product and the lines of the chest, waist and hips. Semi-girth points were marked on them and smooth lines and contours of the side, shoulder seams and armholes were drawn. In order for the coat to fit perfectly, one must not forget about the increase in free fit.
Cutting and assembling coat details
Having prepared the pattern, it can be transferred to the fabric, not forgetting the seam allowances. Here is a list of the main parts of the coat: back, right and left shelves, collars, shelves, sleeve, cuffs. All parts, except for the sleeves, need to be duplicated with adhesive fabric so that they keep their shape well. To do this, they are laid out on a plane face down, lay a non-woven on top and iron it. They also cut the lining, only the shelves are cut out without picks, but with allowances for the seams.
To properly sew a coat with your own hands, you need to follow the sequence. First, shoulder seams are made, a collar is made and sewn to the base, then there is a series of rebounds. After fully preparing the sleeves and, making side seams, grind them. Then collect the lining and sew it with the base, connect in the sleeves and bottom of the product. The final stage is sewing accessories and stitching loops.
A simple coat option
An alternative to the classic, easier to manufacture, can be a poncho coat. For cutting does not require special calculations, only the circumference of the chest and hips. Sewing a poncho coat with your own hands is simple, this product is a piece of fabric folded in half, with stitched side seams separating the fabric into sleeves and the main part. The neck and front cut in such a coat are made out with a strap of the same fabric. Such a coat can be fastened with a zipper, buttons or simply tied with a belt. In the latter case, you will have to sweep the belt loops next to the side seams.