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I’ve been sharing my love for Joann’s customization fabric for the last 2 years, but each time I share it, there are always a few people that are shocked to know that this option is available to them. Click here and here, where I share all the details about how you can customize your fabric at Joanns.
Let’s get to this coat. Don’t get me wrong, I do love dark, saturated color tones during the colder months, but at the start of Fall, I like to ease into it. This coat is absolutely perfect because it’s still bright and playful, but the silhouette and fabric choice gets you in the mood for Fall.
The cost retails for $2600. The fabric seems to be a short hair faux fur that includes a medium-large scale cheetah print in three colors; mustard, green, blue. The collar is oversized with some sort of leather attachment and there doesn’t seem to be a lining on the inside of the coat. Lastly, there aren’t any button closures except for the snaps on the collar.
FABRIC
Let’s talk fabric.
The print I chose for this fabric was Orange Cheetah Customizable Fabric Customizable Fabric 247517. I chose the Faux Wool Texture.
CUSTOMIZATION
Faux Wool fabric texture (This was on sale for $17.49/ yd. Use a coupon if not on sale)
I enlarged the scale of the print to as large as I’m allowed.
I purchased 2 yards of the yellow, 1 yard blue, 1 yard green.
Colors. Here are the customize inputs to recreate the colors I chose. (Note: For the yellow, I’d recommend going a bit more towards a darker mustard yellow. The one I chose was a little too bright.)
In the photos below, I share the exact colors I used for my coat. You’ll. see the different hex codes for each color. Here is a tutorial on how to use them:
Other supplies:
White oversized Tabitha Sewer buttons (7qty)
Blue cotton fabric (Lining)
Pattern: Butterick 6385 (with self drafted modifications)
Tabitha Sewer Sew Bold Fiskars Scissors
MODIFICATIONS
I recreated this coat with a few modifications to tailor it to my liking. Here are the changes I made:
I created a more rounded collar and also minimized the size of it.
I removed the leather and snaps from the collar.
I added oversized white buttons for a closure.
I added blue lining.