Tuesday Project Roundup: The Coat

Today's project reinforces why I'm glad I can sew: I wanted a new spring coat that was long enough to look good over dresses, but there just wasn't anything out there. So I made one:
Looking good over a dress, oh yes.

I used an out-of-print Simplicity pattern (which I sewed once before, about four years ago) and made it in striped canvas from IKEA, cutting everything so the stripes were horizontal. Here's a hanger shot, so you can see how the stripes line up across the front and the sleeves. (Check out the yellow lining, too!)

This came together easily and quickly--I worked on it nearly non-stop for a week, just because I was so excited that what I saw in my head was working out. I like it over dresses, but I think I like it even more with skinny pants and ballet flats , all buttoned up and looking like some mod character from a Fellini movie.

(That, or the Hamburglar.)

I'm going with Fellini, though. See?

Dramatic collar, weekend hair.