Liberty Raincoat – Bring on the April Showers!

Laura has been really busy and made this rather lovely Liberty Raincoat. ย She’s used our matt coated PVCย Felix & Isabelleย fabric.

Liberty Raincoat

Laura LOVES the snow! ย She comes from Sydney and has come to work at Alice Caroline recently. ย Laura doesn’t ever get snow in Sydney and has loved being in England this winter – a proper winter she calls it! ย Laura squeals every time it snows which has been quite a lot recently. ย This is our view from the top of the hill on our lunchtime walks we often do. ย Needless to say, it doesn’t take much to get us all out on a walk. ย It’s so refreshing and beautiful.

Liberty Raincoat

There were lots of oooh’s and ahhh’s when we saw this Liberty Raincoat hanging up after Laura’s busy weekend of sewing. ย We were all feeling slightly jealous that we didn’t think of making it first. ย We are trying to emerge from the winter season here but are heading full swing into the April rainy season. ย  A super pretty Liberty Raincoat is the perfect item of clothing for this time of year. ย It’s lightweight and protective and yet really pretty at the same time.

Liberty Raincoat

It’s lined and bound with a pretty cotton dusty blue and has lovely toggle buttons a little Paddinton Bear style. ย We are all really in love with the combination of quite a traditional style Liberty fabric with a lovely pastel lining and binding.

The Felix and Isabelle PVC coated fabric used for this Liberty Raincoat is on sale at quite a bargain price of ยฃ14 per metre at the moment which makes it a really cost effective project.

Liberty Raincoat

Laura said it was a surprisingly easy coat to make and that the PVC coated fabric didn’t get caught in the sewing machine at all. ย I would recommend that you use a tissue paper on top of the fabric. ย This is because the PVC coating can catch in some sewing machines. ย If you are planning a project with the gloss version of our PVC coated fabrics then you will definitely need to use tissue paper to stop the fabric from slipping. ย In some cases you will need to make a sandwich of the fabric and tissue to stop slippage whilst sewing.

Liberty Raincoat

We have quite a few oilcloths at the moment to choose from. ย You can see them all here. ย Imagine some of these fabrics in a similar coat.

Liberty Raincoat

The Pattern:

Laura combined view B and C of a Simplicity pattern 8298 to make this fabulous Liberty Raincoat. ย This made a longer raincoat with lovely side angled pockets with a hood. ย The pattern is for a quilted jacket but works really well as a raincoat.

I hope this inspires you to get sewing this spring.

Love Alice x