Low Waste Bog Coat

 I can't quite believe it has taken me until halfway through the year to break out my overlocker and play with the variegated threads!

Today is a quickie blog post to go with a quickie project

I wanted to make a birthday gift for a friend and thought that a bog coat would fit the bill quite nicely. I wear mine all the time and it's relatively easy to cut, size and fit. The pattern is somewhere between low-waste and no-waste depending on how you style it and it is pretty forgiving if you use the right fabric. I have used sweatshirting for both my versions to date. I think this would also work well in a fleece, terry, chunky knit, mock cable ponte roma, hachi t-shirt knit etc. The Threads instructions suggest fancier and more elegant fabrics but I probably prefer the fluffy loungewear vibe.

I used ~1.2m of pink sloth sweatshirting from Empress Mills.

All the stitching was done using the variegated blue and white thread cones from William Gee.

I used my overlocker for a lot of flatlocking detail and have overlocked all the seams. The patch pockets have a flatlocked opening but are otherwise zig-zagged using my regular machine with the same thread.

This took an afternoon to pull together and I think it's a hit!

K

So long, sandpaper trousers!

Well, the re-upholstered Flintan office chair didn't last long. I got back and hip pain from sitting in that chair and then ripped up and completely disassembled the chair during a particularly grumpy moment. 

So, uh, I was without chair again. I bought a posh ergonomic one instead with a 12 year guarantee. Gotta love a 12 year guarantee.

I did make a workout weights bag from the seat upholstery though!

K x