Sweatercoat Chronicles - Chapter ?

Black, red and fuchsia sweaters with purple seams - love this one.

Posted in my etsy shop...

Hope it sells!

Sweatercoat Chronicles: Purple Thread Goes With Anything

As I continue to sew these coats, I have gone through many many cones of serger thread.

 

I have noted that some colors of thread are more versatile than others and I have narrowed my range to purple, fuchsia, and turquoise - at least for now...

 



I only wish it was cooler outside...

For Danielle...

 My sweet friend, Danielle was interested in this coat - but I knew it would be too big for her.

 

 She specifically mentioned that she liked the fuchsia thread on the seams - me too!

 So I went shopping for more black and white sweaters and made this coat just for her.

 

 Hope she likes it!

Adventures in Woolly Nylon

Woolly Nylon (or Bulky Nylon) is a type of thread that fills in a serger stitch creating a more distinct and solid line.  I thought it would be fun to try this thread to enhance the seams on a sweater coat.
I decided to try it on a simple coat design - no hood, no bottom rows.




This is the "elf" style coat with the scalloped hem.  The model is wearing a black skirt beneath the coat so it's a little difficult to see the hem - even with the highlighted seams.

The woolly nylon is a little tricky.  I had to make many adjustments to my serger settings.  Also, I decided to finish all of my ends with a drop of fray check, because I didn't have complete confidence in my usual method of stay-stitching the ends with my regular sewing machine.




So the result is pretty cool - the seams look great but I am not sure I would do another one.

I don't think there is enough of a difference in the look of the design to merit the extra effort.

Sew along with me!

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