Overall I found the actual making of the
coat quite simple because I have constructed various different garments before.
Even though I have made patterns previously I have never attempted such a
complex pattern. The reason why I decided to create this pattern was because I
wanted to make my garment more 3D and interesting to look at. The only other
way that I considered creating the effect of a spine was to make it out of
knit. By using the technique called bubbles it would form 3D shapes down the
back similar to the way they do it in Pattern Magic, but I decided against it because
I didn't think that knit would work as well as a stiffer fabric because of the
oversized shape I'm going for. I decided to make the coat long so that it
covers up as much of the actual human form as much as possible.
The part that I found the most
difficult to construct was the collar. It took me a while to get my head around
how to create the tubing around the neck and I came to the conclusion that I
was going to use foam tubes usually used for instillation and wrap them in
fabric. I found the hand stitching them on to the garment extremely time
consuming and if I was to do it again I would find a way of redoing this
process so it was quicker and also neater.
I was surprised at the fact that I
managed to construct the coat in 3 days and also how finished it looked at the
end. If time allowed I would have liked to include a lining into my garment to
neaten up the inside of the coat but I am still happy with how it looks from
the outside.
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