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Winter Coat Progress Part 3

January 30, 2012, 12:18 pm | By cheryl

I’ve made a little more progress on the coat. I still haven’t gotten to the zipper like I said I wanted to, though. I realized that the zipper is going to have to be one of the last things I do to get all of the seams to line up the right way. So I [...]

Winter Coat Progress Part 2

January 23, 2012, 5:00 am | By cheryl

Here’s part two of the parka making series. At this point I’m through with cutting and most of the prep work so I’m full on into sewing mode. I spent this entire past weekend sewing pockets, toggle straps, and actually constructing the majority of the shell of the torso.

These below will eventually become my [...]

My Winter Coat Progress

January 16, 2012, 11:22 pm | By cheryl

I’ve been wearing the same winter coat for the past 4 years. Joe has been telling me that I should buy a new one for the past two winters already. He even increased my budget this year and basically gave me the OK to get almost anything I want. Unfortunately, buying a coat has always [...]