The rustic peasant coat with the odd name of Bog Shirt or Bog Coat...

Last week I had the pleasure of presenting a program on the Bog Coat to the wearables group of the Kingwood Area Quilt Guild. This was inspired by my experience with making this coat: Below are my notes on making a bog coat including references that include a set of instructions from the 2003 Bog Coat challenge done by the Houston Quilt Guild wearables group . THE BOG COAT A bog coat is a garment constructed out of a rectangle of fabric with the only waste being the opening for your neck…

Blue Velvet Bog Coat: My mom is a weaver. I found this coat concept in one of her weaving books and was compelled to try it. It is based on an ancient design dug up from the peat bogs in Scandinavia. Thus, bog coat. It is currently a popular desig…

Some years ago, I saw this stunning tutorial in Threads Magazine for a “Bog Coat” (See the Tutorials heading). Well, I’d been making similar jackets of sequined velvet for ages,…

This project inspiration has come from the simple construction of a sewing project I stumbled across. Link #1 | Link #2 | I started this project by adding my highest slot count cylinder to my Chambord AccuKnitter CSM - this is a 120 needle count cylinder (you certainly could use any

Learn to transform a vintage blanket into a tailored coat - BEGINNER FRIENDLY! A step by step detailed tutorial with sewing pattern. Taking you from blanket ...

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In Part 3 we continue exploring the idea of zero-waste sewing with a look at the design of the Hooded Bog Coat. Follow along as Shari explains a little more about the design origins and shows us how to make the scaled down version for our dolls!