I was inspired to make this coat after watching the BBC drama "Requiem". The central character "Matilda" is seen throughout wearing a light blue, full length wool coat which reminded me of one I had when I was a teenager. I loved the look of it whenever I saw it and wanted to make one.
I finally found a pattern after looking at 100's of coat sewing patterns online - the Burda 6845. It is a full length, semi-fitted coat with flap pockets, sleeve vents and a walking slit at the back.
I knew I wanted a blue wool for the outer but was not quite sure what I wanted for the lining. While browsing online for wool fabrics I came across a little shop called
Holm Sown which had the most beautiful felted merino wool fabric - not too light, not too dark, similar to a French Navy. They also had this amazing loud and very colourful viscose that immediately caught my eye as being the perfect surprise lining fabric.
I made a start sewing it together very slowly and carefully, mocking up every stage of the construction before sewing it together and finally after 3 weeks of head scratching, watching hours of sewing tutorials on youtube and nearly wearing out my seam ripper I had me a "Matilda" coat which I am quietly rather proud off.
