This is my final post in this series about My Quilted Dream Coat! If you’re looking for lots more info, it can be found in my previous posts:
If you have found this series or this post helpful, and especially if you are going to make your own version of my quilted jacket design, please consider making a “tip” to my Kofi account. Any amount is appreciated, but please consider what you would pay if this had been a pattern offered for sale, or a class you could take online. Thank you so much, I am so thankful for your support.
When you sew a quilted coat from scratch - making your own quilt and then making the jacket - you know every seam, every little idiosyncracy of each fabric used and the finished garment. This jacket is permeated with magic, I can feel it! I love wearing it, or even just sitting with it in my lap. The first time I wore it out, a man yelled “Wow, I love your coat!” within a block of leaving the apartment.
Just as with my Quilted Reversable Wiksten Haori, (which has become so soft, btw) I know this will last a long time. It can be thrown in the washer & dryer when it needs to be freshened up, and making repairs will only add to the quilted spirit and character. The more I wear it, the softer and more broken in it will get. A truly bespoke experience at every stage of the jacket’s life. I hope you can experience this joy, too. Let me know if you make a quilted jacket. I know you will love it. XO, Martha
PS: Save your scraps! You’ll want a matching mask. ;-)
This pic is so goofy but it captures how I felt when I finally got to wear the finished coat!
