Did I men­tion that dur­ing the wed­ding prep & August sewing mad­ness- I was sewing a house­coat for my sister?!

When Kate and I went fab­ric shop­ping for her bridal gown, we found this fab­ric in the clear­ance section!We both fell in love with it! The flo­ral striped fab­ric design looked SOOO much like our pil­low cas­es grow­ing up!

Weeks pri­or to her wed­ding, Kate had a bridal show­er. So instead of mak­ing her a silk night gown (as orig­i­nal­ly planned), I built her a house­coat with this fabric!

Orig­i­nal­ly I planned to use one of my babcha’s vin­tage pat­terns, but unfor­tu­nate­ly there was­n’t enough fabric.

So ulti­mate­ly, I chose a more mod­ern house­coat style!

I used a Bur­da Style coat pattern.

I changed the pat­tern to one but­ton rather than three buttons.

Bur­da Style Bro­cade Coat

02/2013 #116

Despite rac­ing to make & fin­ish this mod­ern house­coat, I was very pleased with the outcome!