Thursday, June 16, 2011

Winter coat


After the success of last week's bird bag and the pleasure it gave me, I thought I'd reward my sewing machine with a new winter coat. So I roughly traced around the supremely unattractive plastic one she arrived at my front door in 10 years ago and had a crack.


No complaints so far, which is why I like making things for inanimate objects. She's even got linen lining, so she's feeling rather smug and very smooth. Luckily, she's a bit short sighted like myself so hasn't noticed the rather rough seams.

I figure I'll get round to fixing those in the next 10 years or so. Rushing can be so overrated.

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15 comments:

  1. KylieJune 16, 2011 at 10:46 AM

    I think even I could sew one of these...thanks for the inspiration Vera, yours looks lovely.

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  2. trudi@maudeandmeJune 16, 2011 at 11:07 AM

    Yeah I'm the same with sewing -can't rush these things!

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  3. Tracey@bountifullyJune 16, 2011 at 11:15 AM

    what a lovely coat, great work

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  4. Pink RonnieJune 16, 2011 at 3:16 PM

    Beautiful fabric - your sewing machine must be very happy! :)

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  5. deux chiens et un garconJune 16, 2011 at 3:19 PM

    very nifty and she looks all snug and warm

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  6. TaniaJune 16, 2011 at 4:16 PM

    It's lovely. I've got a hard cover on mine, but I've been thinking of replacing it with a pretty sewn cover. Just don't know why I feel guilty about not using a perfectly adequate hard cover.

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  7. StephieBJune 16, 2011 at 6:18 PM

    Looks lovely - great fabrics. What's that saying about all good things taking time?! My sewing machine is now suffering from a serious case of "Cover Envy". Too bad, given that I have had my sewing machine for even longer than you, it's just not gonna happen! Stephie x

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  8. AnnabellaJune 16, 2011 at 7:15 PM

    Very pretty - love the fabric.

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  9. Anna BartlettJune 16, 2011 at 10:09 PM

    Lovely fabric choices. Lucky machine!

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  10. karuskiJune 17, 2011 at 1:19 AM

    My sewing machine would definitely love one, too. Beautiful fabrics!

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  11. EmilyJune 17, 2011 at 9:30 AM

    Love that green fabric on the front! I should make something like that for my poor, battered old overlocker, which hasn't had a cover the whole time I've had it...

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  12. Sam FindlayJune 17, 2011 at 10:02 AM

    I love a fresh new cover to jazz something up and your sewing machine is certainly jazzed up! Love it!

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  13. Killiecrankie FarmJune 17, 2011 at 4:28 PM

    Now that is so much better then the plastic cover on my machine - i feel the need to hide it because its ugly.
    Problem solved, thanks for the demo, it looks so easy :)

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  14. ElisabethAndréeJune 17, 2011 at 7:48 PM

    Well thought of you! I had never thought about making a new coat for my sewing machine. I am sure that every stitch you have made is also very neat. Beautiful fabrics have you used. I admire you.

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  15. ButtonMadJune 21, 2011 at 8:31 PM

    Loved your bird peg bag ...and enjoyed reading back through your blog....

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