For some time I have been lacking something to wear over my longer tops/ short dresses, so when I got lucky and found some really cheap fabric with the right texture I went looking for a pattern in my large collection of BURDA magazines.
This is the result, and I even made the lining with the most lively fabric brought home from Malaysia last Summer.... and the total price for it all, inclusive the rather expensive snap locks, that I , according to the pattern, were going to use for the front.....is.... 150 DKK/ 28 USD.....
I started making my own clothes at the age of 13, and had a dream of becoming a designer of clothes.Then in the 9th grade I was able to work for a week in a professional sewing shop in Copenhagen. That was a really interesting experience, I was impressed when I saw they coated the snaplocks, in order to make them almost invisible!!.....a bit crazy in my oppinion at that time, but exactly today I was happy I remembered the process.
The snaps I had bought were big and shiny, and would definitely not be looking good on the coat as they were... and I have really been doing my best ... even sewn a lot by hand on the project.
I decided to coat them like this:
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| First I cut 2 circles of fabric a bit bigger, that the snaps |
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| Then I basted all the way around the edge |
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| Pulled the thread together and sewed over the wrinkled edges on the backside after making a small hole for the nob and hole in front of the snap |
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| Can't you clearly see the difference? |
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| This is how it looks on the jacket |
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| ...and on the front side I just attached a button to make it look finished |
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