UPS rocks!

I have yet to sew for my husband. Granted, through much of our early relationship I had a traveling job and was home maybe 1 week per month. However, now we've been married nearly a year and I haven't been traveling nearly as much - but I still haven't managed to find enough time to sew at all, let alone anything for my wonderful husband.

That's about to change.

Last fall he asked me if I would be willing to make him a wool coat. He specifically requested a coat similar to what Ben Affleck and Matt Damon wear in the movie Dogma (hubby is so silly). I said sure and we proceeded to pick out a pattern - Burda 8275. The pattern was easy to decide on, finding the right fabric is the hard part.

Unfortunately, there are no great fabric stores in Reno. Sure, we have JoAnn and Hancock and a mill end store that I keep forgetting about (one of these days I WILL stop and check that place out, although I have heard mixed reactions of the quality of fabric they carry...that, and the place always looks like it's out of business). Anyway, I haven't been able to find a good local supplier of the melton wool that I want for this coat.

Thanks to the fabulous people at Vogue Fabrics I found just the right wool and an INCREDIBLE price! It was their clearance double-faced wool from a couple of weeks ago - charcoal grey on one side and copenhagen blue on the other side - and it was $5.99 a yard.

It arrived today!!!!!!!!!!! I was so excited I raced home from work for lunch and unwrapped so I could take a picture and post it before school tonight. Here it is:


Hubby really likes the dark charcoal grey better than the blue and since this is going to be a wintery coat I plan on underlining it with a lightweight flannel and then fully lining it with something (haven't thought THAT far ahead yet). Fortunately, I have the entire summer to figure it out and hubby will have a spectacular and well-fitting coat for a fraction of the cost that he would pay for it retail.