13 October 2011

Be Friendly to the Carnival Folk Coat



Be Friendly to the Carnival Folk was inspired by dreamy carousels, cotton candy and rickety rides. The fabric is by Kokka and is actually called 'Carnival', you might recognize it from my birthday bulk buy. The red corduroy and the buttons were a lucky thrifty find. The pattern is by Dear My Kids and this is the 'unisex warm hoodie' in a size 5. Big enough for when its actually winter here. 

I first saw the jacket made up here and jumped at the chance to try a new boy's pattern, particularly one involving piping. Turns out the pattern doesn't say anything about piping but its a nice detail on an otherwise plain jacket. And since too much is never enough, I piped the sleeves, the rim of the hood and along the hood before, thankfully, it ran out. Its a simple pattern to work with, though I missed the handy notches of an Oliver and S. 



By the way, did anyone notice I was fashionably late to this week's Kids Clothing Week Challenge? HAH, I wish. This is the sum total of my efforts for days 1 & 2 & 3 & 4.  Dang that real life stuff that gets in the way of sewing and blogging! This is turning into a one item KCWC for me. It was more fun to edit photos than sew the coat this week, so I think I'll take that as a sign to re-group and rest. I'll have to be okay (cries hysterically) with that this time round but I'll still be checking out everyone else's awesome sewing in the flickr pool and 'pinning' you all like mad!

20 comments:

  1. sylviaOctober 13, 2011 at 6:07 PM

    This is so sweet! Love your fabric choice ♥
    Was it really that easy to sew how it is told in the pattern description?!
    Take a break, relax ... and have a nice day!
    Sylvia

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  2. sylviaOctober 13, 2011 at 6:10 PM

    I forgot that you are at the other side of the world ;) your day is probably ending while i left my big boy at pre-school and now i am taking my morning coffee ;)

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  3. Mrs BiddleOctober 13, 2011 at 6:34 PM

    Wow Sophie, gorgeous coat. I have some of that fabric stashed away too. I love Kokka. x

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  4. EffieOctober 13, 2011 at 7:01 PM

    This is lovely! I will show it to my kids. Hopefully they love it too. I need to make wintercoats for them ;-)

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  5. KimberlyOctober 13, 2011 at 7:10 PM

    Oh I just love this. The piping really adds some extra pop and that fabric choice is so uniquely cool. Great job and thanks for the tip about the coat pattern. The hood is awesome!

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  6. Crystal - crafty aveOctober 13, 2011 at 8:40 PM

    Fantastic as always! I love the piping. Super duper adorable. He'll have the best jacket in town.

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  7. JohannaOctober 13, 2011 at 9:01 PM

    Super cute, love the red accents! I might be cooking up something with some red as well for (finally) my first KCWC finished project! And that pattern looks super cute! Perhaps a future fall/spring coat for the boy! (To cold here for use in the winter!)

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  8. rachael {imagine gnats}October 13, 2011 at 10:36 PM

    holy wow! this is SO fabulous. and this fabric is great. i used some for a skirt for my daughter and just looking at it makes me happy. love it :)

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  9. AnonymousOctober 13, 2011 at 11:28 PM

    Sophie you amaze me again! I was wondering what you would create with this fabric - this is gorgeous. I just finished blogging about my sewing attempts from last year and most of them are so girly, now that I have two boys I'm absolutely going to use your blog for my boy inspiration x

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  10. VanessaOctober 14, 2011 at 12:23 AM

    It looks great! Very stylish and fun! I'm glad you are taking a break! I think I am, too! No need to push until it is no fun! :)

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  11. UnknownOctober 14, 2011 at 1:45 AM

    I couldn't love this more! It would have taken me a month if that makes you feel any better. Amazing, as usual.

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  12. AnonymousOctober 14, 2011 at 2:50 AM

    Man, you are amazing. This is outta this world adorable. I want one! :)

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  13. PaspelpoezenOctober 14, 2011 at 2:53 AM

    How nice that my version of the pattern became your inspiration! Yours turned out great too. I added the piping because I wanted some extra details. I also added it in the middle of the back. Mine is reversible (blue out or animals out), yours too?

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  14. AnonymousOctober 14, 2011 at 7:26 AM

    SO great - love your fabric choices and the piping, too!

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  15. lili ashOctober 15, 2011 at 3:58 AM

    So cute! Totally adorable. I love this print so much, this is a perfect way to showcase it!

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  16. la inglesitaOctober 15, 2011 at 4:50 PM

    I love red and piping and big buttons and hoods and japanese fabrics... It´s one of the most adorable coats I´ve seen around lately. I´m pinning it right now!!! Thanks for sharing your beautiful photos with us. I just found your your blog and I´ll stay for a while if you don´t mind...
    María

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  17. UnknownOctober 20, 2011 at 5:26 AM

    Hi! I´ve choosen your awsome coat for my kcwc top 10. You can see the post here: http://pandielleando.blogspot.com/2011/10/mis-favoritos-de-kcwc.html
    good job! thanks for sharing!

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  18. TrulaOctober 24, 2011 at 6:46 PM

    Indeed. Damn that real life stuff :)
    The coat looks so well made. You can see the days of work that have gone into it.

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  19. AnonymousNovember 10, 2011 at 1:14 AM

    i think this is amazing! so unique and so well done! -Erin

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  20. MarionNovember 24, 2011 at 5:05 PM

    This classic is my favourite. Love the material, the pattern, the trim...it all works so well. Lucky little man.

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