Fitting a Muslin Mock Up || 1890s Victorian Velvet Coat

*** Sign up for free sewing tutorials and a weekly love letter at *** After months of work on creating a believable pattern for my version of the iconic 1890s embroidered velvet coat, it’s time to mock it up at last! So this month I make a test version in calico (muslin) and show you how I fit it to my shape. I’ll also answer a tricky design question. There are a couple of weird little darts in an unusual place on the original coat, and the reason for those becomes obvious when we can see the coat in action, on a body . Love, Cathy x Edited by Sophie Black at @triskellepictures Music credits (in order): “Flying, Floating, Falling” by @david ross lawn (from the album ‘Nocturnes’) “It Starts With Us” by Airae (from Epidemic Sound) “Caught In The Waves” by Trevor Kowalski (from Epidemic Sound) “The Girl From North” by Magnus Ludvigsson (fr