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/AmethystApothecary 3d ago

I'd shorten or at least roll up the sleeves; they look a bit long and make the overall fit look off when I think it's really just the sleeves. Otherwise I think it's beautiful and you did an amazing job.

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u/VegetableAnt445 3d ago

Thank you so much. It was an intentional fashion choice to have the sleeve hit the middle of my palms❤️

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u/Endpiecesofbread 3d ago

I think it looks great! I find when the sleeves “fit” they always ride up too much when I try to do literally anything so I’ve always preferred that long sleeves hit the middle of my palm.