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How to sew a blanket coat

How to sew a blanket coat for cold winter evenings? They keep you warm while reading, knitting or watching TV. This one has a really simple pattern and it’s really simple to sew. A vintage blanket coat is so trendy!

I found a beautiful blanket (my opinion…) in a charity shop and took it home for a little more than £1. Cheap enough to start an experiment.

Look, this is what I made:

How to sew a blanket coat BERNINA

 

What do you need to sew a blanket coat?

How to start for a blanket coat?

Put a well fitting sweater on the blanket. Check for a symmetrical position on shoulder seams, sleeve cuffs and armpit.

How to sew a blanket coat BERNINA

Cut the pattern from the blanket, leaving 1,5 or 2 cm from the outlines. Size depends on what you want to wear under the blanket coat, or the fit of the sweater.

Cut out with 4 magnets 0.5 cm each on the iron scissors. I left a 2 cm space and I will sew with a 1 cm seam allowance.

Lay the cut out pattern piece on the right side of the blanket and cut the other half.

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Cut out a neck opening. For the front I cut a width 24 cm and 8 cm high. In the back, I cut a 24 to 3 cm.

Cut the front part open in the center and make rounded corners on top and bottom.

I changed it to a V-shaped neck.

 

Start to sew the coat.

Iron stabilizer along the sleeve cuffs. I forgot to do so and I think you can see they stretched a little.

Overlock the shoulder seam and the side seam with the BERNINA L 460

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Pin the shoulderseams right sides together and sew the seam. If you wish to keep a small seam allowance, you can use Bulky Overlock Foot #12C.

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I more like a 1 cm seam allowance and I use open embroidery foot 20.

To make the seam fall flat, I finish it with a coverlock seam. You could use twin needles as well.

This is what the back looks like:

Close side seams and finish in the same way (this is the hardest part of the blanket coat).

Fold over the sleeve cuffs and finish with the coverlock (or twin needles):

Iron the stabilizer tape along the edges:

Finish with the biastape. I like to use Binder Attachment for Pre-Folded Bias Tape #87

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Binder Attachment for Pre-Folded Bias Tape #87

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Pin the zipper to the front panels:

Sew the zipper with edgestitchfoot 10D.

Finally, the blanket coat is ready:

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Yes, I like warm homewear.  Let me know in the comments if you wish to make one too? Or do you sew other winter homegarments?

How to sew a blanket coat

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  • Diana Paprotny EditEditing comments on the BERNINA blog is only possible after logging in with a blog user account. Sign up now or create a user account if you do not have one yet.

    I’ve been looking for a way to make myself a comfy coat out of a fuzzy blanket I have. This one looks the easiest out of all the ones I’ve found and I think is the winner!

  • Liz Oudman EditEditing comments on the BERNINA blog is only possible after logging in with a blog user account. Sign up now or create a user account if you do not have one yet.

    Dreadful, come on I expected much better from Bernina after I bought my sewing machine. I have never found anything to give me ideas or wanted to make, you are so out of date. I have given you more than two years, I am now unsubscribing, so disappointing.

    • ramonawirth EditEditing comments on the BERNINA blog is only possible after logging in with a blog user account. Sign up now or create a user account if you do not have one yet.

      Dear Liz,

      Thank you for your feedback. There is so much you can do with a sewing machine and we are constantly looking for new bloggers and projects to share. If you feel like letting us know what you were missing on the BERNINA Blog, you are welcome to contact me through my email-adress: [email protected]!

      Kind regards, Ramona from BERNINA International

    • Bea Callemeyn EditEditing comments on the BERNINA blog is only possible after logging in with a blog user account. Sign up now or create a user account if you do not have one yet.

      Hi Liz, I’m sorry to hear you’re not fond of this project with the vintage blanket. There are so many ideas on the blog and in the Inspiration magazine from BERNINA. In our blogposts we offer ideas as well as technical information. Of course we encourage sewists to find as many ideas as possible through all kinds of inspiration sources.

      As Ramona mentioned, we’re always interested in concrete suggestions on what BERNINA sewists like to find in our blogposts. So please, let us know what you are looking for.

  • Sharon Fields EditEditing comments on the BERNINA blog is only possible after logging in with a blog user account. Sign up now or create a user account if you do not have one yet.

    Very cute and does not look overly difficult. Thanks for sharing. Would be a great way to make some donated children’s coats for winter with the nice fleece blankets you can get on sale around here in Ohio.

    • Bea Callemeyn EditEditing comments on the BERNINA blog is only possible after logging in with a blog user account. Sign up now or create a user account if you do not have one yet.

      Hi Sharon, it’s not difficult at all. The only thing is the sleeve is narrow when you sew the side seams together and topstitch. It’s a very act to make them for donation. Good luck with it!

  • Jacky Baker EditEditing comments on the BERNINA blog is only possible after logging in with a blog user account. Sign up now or create a user account if you do not have one yet.

    Hi It’s windy, wet, cold, this coat looks perfect for this weather, I’ll will be making it.  thank you

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