Sunday, August 23, 2009

Creative Hands - Happi Coat

Okay, look past the patchwork. It looks like someone took my blankie and made a coat. Just think about the basic idea and try to picture it made of something more...sedate.


See? That's not so different from Heather Ross's kimono dress from Weekend Sewing!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Does it wrap or have any kind of closure, besides the belt? How might it work in a sort of heavy silky
cotton, say -sateen? With some tweaking it might look quite dressy.

Linda

bunting said...

You have got to stop reading those magazines .. RIGHT NOW!

You're having way too much fun. My Mum had 'Craft Magazine' in the early 1970's when I was a small girl, and many of these projects look so familiar. I'm feeling old ...