Way back in January, I started making a coat, a project that has dragged out considerably based on numerous factors ranging from everything to time constraints, eye strain, weather (really don't want to sit with a full coat on my lap to hand-stitching when it's hot), and most importantly lack of the right colored thread.
Initially I thought I might have just enough purple thread to get through the project and managed to make it all the way to getting one side of the bias tape sewn to the hem before I was down to the last bit, which wouldn't have been a big deal if I didn't have more top stitching to do on the belt along with a few other minor details.
Easy enough to remedy, so I thought, requiring just a quick stop by my favorite tiny fabric store on my way home from work. The thread shelf, however, went directly from the thread number preceding my thread to the one following it making me wonder if the thread was no longer available as I hadn't found it online either. Feeling rather disappointed, I decided to browse while I was there and bought this fabric!
Once again, being in no hurry to work on this coat because even if I finished it it'd be too warm to wear it, I waited about a month and then tried Hobby Lobby, which is where I originally bought the thread. It's been a really long time since I've been there and they switched to their own brand of thread, so I bought two that I thought looked close to what I had (stupidly, I took the original spool out of my purse that morning and didn't put it back) and that really weren't. Also, since I was there, I bought some lace that I'm going to use to replace some sleeves on a shirt.
Finally, a few weeks later I tried Joann Fabrics. They had it! And they had a flamingo print fabric, so, of course, I bought some of that too as one can never have too much flamingo fabric!
So, overall, I ended up with about six yards of new fabric and some lace in my quest for thread. Have I done anything with the coat? No, but I did start making a new skirt. I've used sea foam green thread for the top stitching, though, so for now I just get to happily stare at my new spool of 'light vintage purple' thread and know that it's available for future use!
Stay tuned in coming weeks for an outfit post of my almost finished skirt!
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