The Adventure of Creating a Steampunk Work Coat from a Priest's Cassock Pattern
Hi all! This is the latest "how-I-did-it" costuming post from the Steam Wench's salon. This one is on how I decided to make a steampunk labcoat, used a priest's cassock man's pattern (despite, again, no pattern experience except for the previously-posted bloomers), and with much adventure ended up with a durable steampunk worker's coat (though pocketless!):
http://steamwenchsalon.blogspot.com/2011/03/creating-steampunk-workcoat.html
Two front views of the finished coat (duck cotton and leather)
Rear view of the finished coat, and a picture of the Butterick pattern I used.
Enjoy, and please feel free to give me feedback. I REALLY want pockets on this, and when I pinned on my idea ... see below ... it looks like utter ... well ... it looks awful! if you have suggestions, please leave them on the blog! (or here!)
