My first designs

 My first designs for the front of the coat.

 Design of the front and several back styles.

The Idea

Well after over a year in the designing, I'm nearly there. The basics are done although I still need to decide how I want to fasten the coat, I keep changing my mind!

I love the great coats from the late 1800’s. I trawled through the net for images & drawings of coats from that period and also looked at modern copies. I also searched for collars, cuffs, pockets, sleeves and coat lengths. Everything I found was a little fussy for the type of patchwork I had in mind, it was all food for thought so time to start designing and simplify things.