Hello from the land of 10,000 lakes. Mr. J is sporting his newest jacket that I sewed up for him for the
Spring Showers Jacket Pattern Tour. Many thanks to Heidi of
Elegance & Elephants for inviting me to participate.
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| Guy Cotten rain coat |
I'm going to hit the rewind button for just a moment… way back in 1999-2001 while we were living in France, our oldest son got a classic yellow rain coat. The brand name is
Guy Cotten and it's from Brittany, France. All 3 of my children wore this coat (2 boys and a girl). Here's a photo of my daughter wearing the coat at age 2 in 2009.
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| Guy Cotten coat modeled with yellow rain boots to match |
I love it that a yellow rain coat never goes out of style. My children no longer fit into that Guy Cotten coat, so I sewed up a big kid one using the newly released
Spring Showers Jacket pattern. It comes in sizes 2/3 to 12 years. It's got a sewing level of 2.5 out of 4, it's not super difficult, but it is very time consuming as it's a fully lined jacket with lots of topstitching.
My favorite things about the pattern are that it:
- is gender neutral
- has a visor on the hood
- has a lower back hemline
- has a hanging loop
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| Hello octopus... hello octopus |
Project details
Pattern: Spring Showers Jacket by Heidi of
Elegance & Elephants
Size: 6/7 with added length (about 1.5 inches)
Fabrics:
main: yellow twill (I quite like working with twill)
lining:
Free Spirit, Salt water - Octo Garden - Aqua
Notions: 20 inch separating zipper
This was the first time I sewed an Elegance and Elephant's pattern and I found it to be of a very high quality, with many photos for the steps, the option to print out just one size, and the option to cut out a few pattern pieces with using measurements or print out pattern pieces.
All in all I had very satisfying results.
It's raining outside today... so can you guess what jacket he's wearing?
Exciting news! There is a discount for nest full of eggs readers during the tour. To receive a dollar off the price of the pattern, use discount code: TOUR. You can go
here to purchase the Spring Showers Jacket Pattern.
