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Scary bit - working out where I can take extra fabric off the skirt. I'm going to put a disclaimer here that I have no idea what I'm doing! I've only ever followed a pattern, never altered anything to
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Well, that's the excess fabric cut off. Decided I do need to fiddle with the shoulders. I should at least have enough fabric to widen everything I want to widen. #LongBlackCoat
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Feb 02, 2026
So after a good night's sleep, where the sensible part of my brain pops out and says "have you thought about. . . ", I've decided I don't have the skills to do what I was planning with the coat. More precisely, I don't have the skills to create an end result that I would see as successful enough to warrant the amount of time, effort, and general brain wrangling required to get there. Effort in =/= good enough end result.
So I'm going to buy new fabric to make the outer as well as the lining, and just make a new coat. I'm looking at it as a fast forwarded ship of Theseus/Trigger's broom/the Low King's father's axe (select myth according to taste). I was going to change the lining, I just haven't quite got around to doing that before I'm changing the outer too!
#LongBlackCoat #sewing
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