Buzz's Mongol Coat Part 2

This is what I did on Sunday.

It doesn't look like much more than the previous picture, but the 'behind the scenes' sewing took a while.

The final result was done right before festival, and it had the desired outcome. Buzz wore it on 3 of the 5 days of festival. He said it was very comfortable and easy to put on and take off. He said it was just like a dressing gown. That wasn't really what I wanted to hear, but I'm glad that he likes it and wears it. Here is the picture:

Buzz's Mongol Coat

A couple of months ago I decided to make Buzz a Mongol Coat to go with his Yurt. The coat looks good and are pretty easy to make...I don't know why it took me till 2 weeks before festival to get motivated to make it for him. I did some research on it a couple of months ago and decided to make one like these extant examples.

The pattern was the hardest part of the process. I hate patterning, but once you have it right, the rest of the outfit doesn't take very long. I did all of this tonight:

These are the two front pieces. They overlap to cover the front.

This is the back piece, it is just a square, but I've put some gores on it as you'll see later.

All the pieces together.

This is the sleeve.

That was the patterning done, I then cut out all the pieces and overlocked them. Then I sewed them all together to get this:

Beautiful isn't it!

Tomorrow I have to go to spotlight to get some brown silk for the neckline and the hem, and also some more brown thread cause I ran out. I will take another picture of the finished product when I remember.