Woolen Cloak Dilemma!
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Woolen Cloak Dilemma!
Last week I purchased a beautiful black, thick wool, cloak. It had no holes, stains nor other detractors except for the scritchy wool and ugly collar! It has four buttons with loop closures and a 1 1/2" poet's collar in a homely cotton plaid. My guess is that was why it was on the 3 for $1 rack.
How do folks replace or dress up a collar? I would love wearing this beauty as long as it has a "nice against the skin" collar in an attractive style. Suggestions anyone? It would be a shame to have $50+ worth of nice 100% wool just sit in a closet because of a minor design flaw!
How do folks replace or dress up a collar? I would love wearing this beauty as long as it has a "nice against the skin" collar in an attractive style. Suggestions anyone? It would be a shame to have $50+ worth of nice 100% wool just sit in a closet because of a minor design flaw!
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My suggestion would be to take the collar off, use it as a basic pattern, make whatever changes you would like in the design, and attach a new collar . If you want a really soft collar, make it out of velvet or fur. If you don't sew well enough to do this yourself, take it to a seamstress and have her do it.
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I sew with felted wool a lot and have made a couple jackets. The colors are standup. One is wool faced with a fake fur. I use polyester double knit cut into a strip about 1 1/2 inch wide to bind the edgeYou work from the right side and double it over and have a little excess on the back so you can catch it in the front stitching. Then trim close to the stitching on the back and it looks very good.A strip 5/8 inch wide to attach it to the garment. The other is one thickness of felted wool bound in the same way and attached in the same way. Use zigzag stitch with same color thread.
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I sew with felted wool a lot and have made a couple jackets. The colors are standup. One is wool faced with a fake fur. I use polyester double knit cut into a strip about 1 1/2 inch wide to bind the edgeYou work from the right side and double it over and have a little excess on the back so you can catch it in the front stitching. Then trim close to the stitching on the back and it looks very good.A strip 5/8 inch wide to attach it to the garment. The other is one thickness of felted wool bound in the same way and attached in the same way. Use zigzag stitch with same color thread.
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Join Date: Nov 2011
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Last week I purchased a beautiful black, thick wool, cloak. It had no holes, stains nor other detractors except for the scritchy wool and ugly collar! It has four buttons with loop closures and a 1 1/2" poet's collar in a homely cotton plaid. My guess is that was why it was on the 3 for $1 rack.
How do folks replace or dress up a collar? I would love wearing this beauty as long as it has a "nice against the skin" collar in an attractive style. Suggestions anyone? It would be a shame to have $50+ worth of nice 100% wool just sit in a closet because of a minor design flaw!
How do folks replace or dress up a collar? I would love wearing this beauty as long as it has a "nice against the skin" collar in an attractive style. Suggestions anyone? It would be a shame to have $50+ worth of nice 100% wool just sit in a closet because of a minor design flaw!
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