Almost there!

Wow, you guys had some really nice things to say about my attempt at bound buttonholes.  Thanks!  Your words of encouragement mean so much to me.  I worked a ton on it this weekend and I am DONE with the outer part of the coat.  It's hemmed and everything!  Also topstitched, which I realized I will have to rip out a little of to do the lining.  Whoops.

So here it is as of Saturday.  The collar is different than my beloved blue coat, which I was okay with at the time.  It looked nice on my mannequin.

I made a mistake when sewing the collar to the interfacing. Instead of pivoting at the seam, I sewed down 5/8". I didn't realize until after I had trimmed and turned it inside right.

You couldn't tell once the collar was folded down, at least. Then I tried it on and realized that it looked weird when the top button was undone.  And then I started to have doubts about the collar.  It looked too big, it came up too high on my neck, the lapels too wide.  So then I trimmed and re-sewed it.  And it was crooked.  So I trimmed more.  You see where this is going?  Around midnight Saturday, I took the collar off and cut a new one.  It was a little scary, but I am SO glad I did it.  Now it's just like my favorite coat!

Slimmer sleeves!!

 

I love the belt. I am still on the search for perfect buttons.

 

So, next step is going to be the lining. I'll give you a little hint: POLKA DOTS.