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Showing posts with label Clef Coat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Clef Coat. Show all posts

Monday, 24 March 2025

Black Boucle Clef Coat

This is  the Love Notions Clef Coat (more of a jacket IMHO) in a black wool mix boucle. The fabric was purchased back when I wore suits and separates to the office, but worked quite well in this more casual style.


This has a funnel neck, rather than a fitted collar. I generally prefer it worn open.


It's a fairly simple sew, though I've made a few small changes.

I rotated the pocket piece when I cut it out so that the enclosed area is slightly larger and can hold something like a phone whilst still being OK for putting your hands in.

I positioned the pocket piece slightly higher up to avoid it being too near the hem..

I've drawn the hem onto my pattern pieces as my printout didn't have the hem marked (maybe I turned too many layers off). I've put elastic into the wrists, but not yet into the main hem. I may go back and add this in later.

I couldn't find any indication of where the buttons should go, so made up my own spacing. I interfaced the front bands but nothing else.

Friday, 17 January 2025

Clef Jacket from Love Notions

I decided to test out the Clef jacket from Love Notions patterns. 




I used some fabric I find a bit itchy and some buttons which are a bit orange as I plan to donate the end result.




The overall fit was fine though I shortened the sleeves .

For my next version I'm going to rotate the pockets 90 degrees so they are deeper. Add a high round back alteration, and straighten the ends of the sleeves for easier hemming.

I'm hoping this will be a good way to make a fleece jacket when I can't easily get a matching zip but have matching buttons!


This has used another 2m of fabric so

Fabric sewn so far in 2025 - 13m, fabric purchased zero!

  • 3m of teal jersey
  • 2m of print/brown sweater knit
  • 3m of animal print jersey
  • 3m of brown poly knit
  • 2m of itchy brown fabric