Sweatercoat guide Table of Contents PART I Getting Started Introduction Origins of the Katwise Elf Coat The Joy of Sweaters Gathering Your Tools Choosing Your Sweaters Serging Tips Anatomy of a Sweater PART II Sewing The Coat The Bodice The Skirt The Wais

Table of Contents PART I Getting Started Introduction Origins of the Katwise Elf Coat The Joy of Sweaters Gathering Your Tools Choosing Your Sweaters Serging Tips Anatomy of a Sweater PART II Sewing The Coat The Bodice The Skirt The Waistband Assembling The Coat The Bottom Rows Sleeves The Front Panel The Hood Finishing Touches PART III Adding Your Own Style Pockets Optional Variations What Do I Do With All These Sweater Scraps PART IV In Conclusion Caring For Your Coat Etsy Etiquette Let ? s Help Each Other Acknowledgements PART I Getting Started Introduction Hiya So ? you want to make one of these crazy coats Excellent I will do my best to share with you what I have learned in my many years as a sweater cobbler I am sure as you begin to play with recycling sweaters you will discover just how addictively fun and at times challenging they can be So ?x yourself a cup of tea and settle in for quite a little read I have never even seen a sewing tutorial before much less written one Therefore I ? ve taken one of the liberties a ?orded to me as an eccentric and created this ??tutorial ? thingy my own way It is kind of like a long conversation rather than a normal how-to pattern Hopefully by the end of it you will have an understanding of some of the magic involved in working with sweaters I am waiting for you to get tea I should start by clarifying that I am from the punk rock school of perfectionism ? which is to say I thumb my nose at perfection In the art of recycling sweaters imperfection is your best friend If you try to be perfect with sweaters you are overlooking one of their ?nest attributes which is their forgiveness The more you are able to be spontaneous and thoughtful the nicer the ?nal product will be There are no patterns nor exact measurements here This is a stepby-step process which includes basic shapes and guidelines that will teach you how to use your own brain to bring it all to life I am gonna assume both that you ? ve got common sense and that you have sewn on a serger before If either of these assumptions are untrue then your coat is gonna be extra wonky Don ? t get me wrong we love wonky ?? but if you have never sewn before an elf coat is a challenging undertaking Thankfully to some degree patchwork gets more charming the worse it is I am not going to discuss basic sewing techniques in this tutorial I am assuming that you are capable of simple things like attaching a skirt to a bodice Feel free to exercise your own judgment any step of the way Perhaps you have techniques you have learned in your own sewing journey that you can use to enhance your project It ? s sort of like cooking ??

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