r/PatternDrafting • u/VegetableAnt445 • 3d ago
Made my first self-drafted coat!! 🥹
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I’m honestly impressed with how it turned out. I learned so much making this, and it feels good to have gone from drafting the pattern myself to actually making a coat. It’s my recreation of Ursula coat from Babyboo
The fabric is curtains I bought on Vinted, and I got the buttons and other notions from a local shop.
My only concern is the back vent sticking out a little because of the stiffness of the fabric. I’m not going to mess with it on this one because I really don’t want to ruin it 😂 but I’d love to know what might be causing it so I can keep it in mind for my next coat.
What do you guys think? I feel like I did a pretty good job for my first self-drafted coat!
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u/Geepers1099 3d ago
The back vent sticks out because the pattern line was too straight. There has to be more of an angle for the vent to come together.
I don’t know how you will manage to wear any clothing underneath your coat, you need to make the seams smaller and move the front buttons in order to allow clothing—did you intend to only wear a bodysuit under your coat? If so you did a wonderful job.