How to protect your coat in a fun and creative way! These coat covers are a great way to ensure your coats looking its best for many seasons to come along with feeling accomplishes in making something!Also a perfect gift for friends and family.
Getting started:
1 mtr of fabric preferable linen
1 mtr of lace trim
matching thread
ruler
paper to make a patten
sewing machine
Making a pattern and preparing the fabric
Place a large piece of paper on a flat surface and lay the shoulders of your coat on top of the paper. Trace from the garment’s neck/collar around the edge of the shoulders and down about 10” along the sleeves (or more if you want a longer cover). Add a generous 2” (5cm) to the entire traced outline to allow for the thickness of the coat – more if your coat is bulky – and use the ruler to connect the two bottom points at the sleeves with a straight horizontal line. Draw a gently curved line at the top/neck edge connecting the outline’s two top points; this will become the opening for the hanger. Cut out the paper pattern. With the linen fabric laid out flat, cut two pieces using the pattern you just created.
Sew coat cover
Lay the pieces on a flat surface, right sides together and edges aligned. Sew the pair along the curving side seams with a 1/2 (13mm) seam allowance, backstitching at the beginning and end of the seam. Keeping the cover wrong side out, fold the bottom raw edge up 1/2 (13mm) to the wrong side and press the folded edge with a hot iron. Turn this folded edge another 1/2 (13mm) to the wrong side, and press the double fold. Pin the bottom hem in place, and, working on the fabric's wrong side, topstitch along the hem's upper fold.
Add lace to hem
Turn coat cover right-side out and pin lace onto the fabric's right side, across the bottom edge, positioning the end of the lace at one of the cover's side seams and the top edge of the lace 1/2 (13mm) from the cover's bottom edge. When you arrive back at the starting point, trim and fold the end under 1/2 (13mm); pin this end over the other end by 1/2 (13mm). Edge stitch from the bottom edge of the overlapped section of lace up to top edge, then pivot the needle at the corner and stitch along the upper edge of the lace around the cover. Backstitch at the beginning and end of your seam.
Finish neckline
With the cover wrong-side out, turn the neck edge in 1/4 (6mm) towards the wrong side. Press the folded edge. Turn this edge another 1/4 (6mm) to the wrong side, press again, and pin the double fold in place. Topstitch the double fold from the wrong side 1/4 (6mm) from the edge.
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