DIY Coat

Her Own Style

                                    

                  Pink Fuzzy fabric                                 Pink ribbon

                                     

                                                       Batting

                                          

                                                        Patterns

                                           

                         Created Pattern                                                        Coat lining

             

                                          Happy Daughter

No woman is shaped the same.  I believe that each women or girl has physical features that make her beautiful.  I think that wearing clothing that goes with who we are inside is like wearing the right prescription glasses.  I could wear glasses that are someone else’s prescription, fit the shape of someone else’s nose and ears.  However, I am not going to be doing myself much good.  Why not wear what fits my eyes or my body or my personality.

When my oldest daughter wants to look her best; she wears purple polka dot tights with black knee high converse shoes, a pink and white satin princess cut dress and a long red scarf thrown around her neck. While she does understand the concept of coordinating her clothes to match, she chooses to wear what she feels best wearing. 

The only difficulty I have run into so far with a daughter with such a strong sense of self is how to buy her clothes for her birthday without her there.  So this year I didn’t.  I had her look at lots pictures of clothes. She told me what she liked, didn’t like, and then I blended them.  The end result, three weeks later was the coat she needed and the style that was all her own.

Materials:

Pink Fuzzy fabric- scrap from an unfinished project a family member gave me -coat trim

Light pink fabric- scrap from an unfinished project a family member gave me-outside of coat

Bright pink fabric- scrap from an unfinished project a family member gave me-coat lining

Batting- pulled from a blanket that was falling apart a family member gave me - used the good parts for the inside of coat

Pink ribbon- scrap from an unfinished project a family member gave me

Brown ribbon- scrap from an unfinished project a family member gave me

Brown embroidery floss- left over from an unfinished project a family member gave me

Sequins- from the thrift store- 1.50

Beads- From the thrift store-1.50

Patterns- 2 patterns I used as my starting point for the patterns I created. .99 cents

Total cost

3.99