Sewing your very own coat, I think, is possibly one of the most satisfying things you can ever make - closely followed by jeans! Sure it takes a bit longer than other types of dressmaking projects but you can get so much more use out of a coat that any other garment. It will go with lots of things in your wardrobe, you can wear it every day and crack it out again each winter for years to come! It’s sewing gold! After teaching a lot of coat and jacket making workshops over the past few years, one common question that comes up regularly is whether to block fuse with interfacing the whole of the outer fabric of the coat or just interface certain sections of it. It can sometimes be a tricky one to answer as there are various factors to consider but in this post I hope to give you a better understanding of what it all means and help you work out if you should do it for your outerwear project.
Just to be really upfront from the beginning, I am basing my tips and suggestions on my own personal experiences after making 7 coats for myself over the last 5 years with various different fabrics and teaching around 7 coat making workshops over the last 2 years.
Find my blog post with written content from this video in this link-
I also have a video and blog post that is more of an introduction to interfacing that you may find useful to watch first if you are still new to using it -
In my online shop you can find coat patterns, fabrics and woven interfacing. We ship worldwide.
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