Minime needed a lighter weight coat than her heavy faux sheepskin as school have decided that even though the weather is unseasonably warm, a zip up hoodie cardigan thing (in school colours I might add) is not suitable outer attire. we went shopping to find one. neither of us liked what we found for either financial or style reasons, and in her infinite wisdom my five year old asked me if I could make her one instead. wonderful suggestion except for the whole hand and wrist surgery thing.
I have been getting antsy and itching to get on and do something. anything. so I decided that as the bandage had come off the day before, leaving just a large dressing over the wound, I could now kinda move my hand enough. YES I COULD DAMNIT AND NOBODY WAS GONNA STOP ME!!!
so I decided to check by holding my heavy, stainless steel tailor's shears. yes. I could just about manage them if I left myself time and did things nice and slow and hold them slightly funny. could i trace a pattern?
yes. I could using a tracing wheel and not a pen. and I could cut that out too....
no mean feat considering the day before my hand had looked like this
ok .so. the coat. once the pattern was cut and ability to use shears ascertained, it was time to pick fabric. she went through my stash and dug out the last bit of the 26 year old kind of christmassy fabric bought by my mum in 1985 to make me a christmas dress and never used until last year (here's what i did with it: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=366042.0) and some 1950s plastic buttons given to me by her Nanny (jim's mum).
ok, pattern cut. lining cut. outer cut. all labelled. pattern instructions read. audio book on ipod, ipod charged.
it took me about 6 hours to finish this coat so if i was fully able-handed it's not be long as all I reckon. but my hand hurts today. I know. my own fault!
I love the fabric, sophie does too but jim says it looks too christmassy for september. pah. what does he know?!
