Friday, September 14, 2012

Color Blocking

While I am  fine tuning my leather jacket muslin I've also been playing around with ideas for a color blocked coat using my double sided black and blue fabric that I showed you a couple of posts ago. While  I was inspired by this gorgeous coat from Celine,(It's the coat on the right)


 I am not planning on adding any other colors, just using the fabric I have.  Drawing on my croquis was fun lots of fun; now I have to find a pattern that I can fit my idea onto. Actually, there are a number of simple coats in my back issues of Burda Style that should work.  My next project after the mini wardrobe was supposed to be a trench coat, which I really need and have all of the materials for.But I can't get excited about sewing one.  (I have had the fabric for this for several years and I even have a pattern but I keep putting it off) It just seems boring at the moment and a lot of work, while this coat feels like fun.

Here's what I've been playing with.  Which one do you like best? 

20 comments:

  1. My favorite is the one on the left, but they are all cute.

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  2. I really like the width of the blocking on the first left side (does that make sense?) I also like the way that the right side of the third version draws the eye upward. I may have to stop making so many frankenpatterns, but putting those two ideas together??? hmmmmm.

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  3. The middle one. The proportion of the colors is better, and allows the eye to flow.

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  4. I like the middle one. What a cool idea!

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  5. I like the far right. Cool idea for a coat! Can't wait to see it!

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  6. I like the one on the left for the narrowness of the horizontal band, and for the way the vertical line goes up and over, leading to your face. So great to have a good accurate croquis to play with--Elle

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  7. I like the one in the right. Hmmm, evenly divided reactions!

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  8. I like the one on the left, especially because of the sleeves. :)

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    1. I like the one on the left best, but I am not sure that I can fit a dart in the blue band with distorting it, which is why I worked out the the other two. It depends on the fabric repeat how large I can make the plain black and blue areas. The drawings are not to scale, obviously, and I haven't actually measured the pattern repeat. Now to find a pattern to use.

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  9. Great idea for a coat - I like the one in the middle.

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  10. I also like the one on the far left best. Your croquis are definitely useful.

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  11. I thought the one on the right gave the best vertical lines and was most flattering,

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  12. First, very nice sketching job! I like the one in the middle. It is the only one that appears to give more balance to the overall coat! In the end, it is YOUR feeling that matters most! Good luck and can't wait to see the final project!

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  13. All of them look good, my order of preference is left, then right, then middle. Looking forward to seeing the finished project.

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  14. I like the one of the left best, too...but any one of them would be fabulous.

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  15. You look fabulous in our outfit, previous post. It's so refreshing to see a woman dress so beautifully. A for your coat, I like the one on the right the best. I know you'll make something just amazing!

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  16. That is so fun! I like the one on the left best. Something about the skinny stripes on the left hand and the wide band on the right feels freshest to me.

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