I finished my second playa coat, this time with really nice, thick fake fur. This is the identical pattern as by blue/green one I showed earlier, McCalls, 5092, but with a lot of reduction in the sleeve and skirt. It's still huge. I learned that sewing with really thick fur is much more challenging that sewing with thinner stuff. You NEED to trim the fur off of all of the seam allowances first, or you wont be able to get nice seams. There's no way I'd be able to fit the 4 layers under the presser foot of my sewing machine, required to attach the collar, if I didn't trim the seam allowances first. All that trimming takes several hours of snipping. I just used scissors for this, but there might be an easier way. I don't know.
I love the way this coat came out. Two outside pockets, two inside pockets, and it's so warm and fluffy, my sweetie will never be cold on the Playa. I took it to a weekend outting for Memorial Day and no less than a half a dozen people wore it that weekend. It's got a lot of love on it now. I also added a string of LEDs on the front with some hand stitching. They were super cheap, so I hope they don't set it on fire at some point when the wiring breaks.
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