I've fancied a white coat for a few years now and have had some winter white wool melton coating resting in my stash for some time. In these horrible times, I didn't want anything too serious or formal and so when I got the September Burda issue I was drawn to the white coat in there. I'm not the ideal shape for a cocoon silhouette (pear) but I just about got away with it on the grading. It's such a fun coat, I really wanted to make it work.
The pattern is Burda, #116 from the September 2020 issue. The design is mostly quite simple but it's got some funky sleeve detail going on that gives a really unusual sleeve shape. I fused the entire coat with soft woven interfacing as it's the kind of shape that needs to retain its structure. This also helped any concerns I had with the strong colour of my lining showing through. I also washed both the wool and the lining before making. It's a white coat - need I say more!
The only thing that took time were the bits of handsewing. I prickstitched the facing on the inside as I wanted to ensure that the seam line ran slightly along the inner edge - having it directly on the edge would have taken away from the minimalist look of the coat, I think. I did the same for the sleeve hems. I also prickstitched the lining to the facing, again, just to keep everything where it should be. Other than that, it was just the hems as usual and adding the giant snaps for the front closure.
I'm planning a blouse with a hood to go with this, as I really like the look of this in the magazine. There is just such a pattern in a Burda from earlier this year that I've been threatening to make for ages, so that will be up next.
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