Last week, my oldest daughter came over and saw this coat nearly completed on my dress form. She said "Wow, that was fast!". What she didn't know was that I had started this project back in December of 2015, when Pantone announced that their 2016 Color of the Year was actually two colors- Serenity Blue and Rose Quartz. I was so excited because I had the perfect fabric- this pink and blue plaid coating. I remember getting this wool coating for $1.99/yd from Fabric.com when they still had great sales. Oh, those were the days....sigh... When Pantone announced the 2016 two color winner,they explained it with this: Ahhh. Such good intentions. Maybe had we all joined forces and wore these two colors together, 2016 might have been better! I was going to do my part after all. I got my coat cut out in December of 2015, got the interfacing fused, and then the unthinkable happened- carpal tunnel struck! To someone who loves to do t...
Ann's Sewing Experiments