Wild Things Coat from a blanket – The Pixie Pea Coat

The Pixie Pea Coat – make a coat from blanket

Have any blankets and pants laying around? I’ve got something for you to do with them! {haha} When I was asked to join the Twig and Wale blog tour and the theme was upcycling I was super excited. Super excited, but I had NO IDEA what I was going to make or what materials I was going to use. Before I get into all that I just can’t wait to show you what I made… a coat from a blanket that turned out like THIS!

I could not be happier with the result! I’m calling it the wild things coat because Rose reminds me of a wild thing while wearing it.  Okay, so back to what I would make when I was asked to join the tour. I love re-purposing old things to make new {see HERE} and when I saw this green throw blanket on our couch, I thought it would make an adorable coat. So, yep I made a coat, from a blanket!

This is the Pixie Pea Coat from Twig and Tale and I may have take just a few photos… {maybe more than a few!} Check out the blog tour overview page: Twig and Tale for all the fun projects being shared in the tour. Here are the other blogs participating. Make sure you scroll all the way to the bottom of the post {past all the gorgeous photos!} and enter the GIVEAWAY… you could win FOUR GORGEOUS Twig and Tale patterns!

The other blogs playing along…

Day one: Sew Shelly Sew – Handmade Boy –Nap time Creations – Boevenbende
Day two: Stylin Stacy – The Craftingfiend – Gaafmachine –While she was sleeping
Day three: Huisje Boompje Boefjes –Life in our busy household – The Crazy Tailor – Sew Sophie Lynn
Day four: Crafty like a Rox – The Wolf and the Tree – NZ Green Buttons –Vera Luna – Paisley Roots

Here is what I started with… a old pair of pants that my husband gave me to cut up and a green fuzzy blanket from IKEA that we’ve had for several years. I was just going to cut the pants on the seams, then I noticed the extra inch in the seam allowance so I ended up picking out most of the legs. The pants were a little tricky to make work, and I wanted to re-use certain parts so I had to be strategic in cutting.

I also picked out the belt loops to use for the button loops. The buttons were ones I had bought for another project and didn’t use. I didn’t have enough pants fabric to cut the back on a fold, so I cut two pieces {added an extra seam allowance so I could sew up the back}

And for the front lining panel I pieced it together because I wanted to re-use the back pants pockets for secret coat pockets. Rose can put all her treasures in these inside pockets. Because the pockets were near the top of the pants, I had to add fabric to the top of the pockets to make the front lining. 

I added front pockets as well from the pattern pieces. These are the perfect size to warm cold hands.

Okay, let’s talk about how to make a coat from a blanket. I had plenty of fabric, even from a throw blanket. I first cut off the end fringe. I wasn’t sure how I was going to use it, but knew I wanted to make a kind of wild thing coat. 

When I saw the actual pattern pieces with the button strip on the front, I knew I could put the fringe on either side of the front. {side note – I think I’m going to move the buttons over farther so the front overlaps a bit more. when I look at all these photos I think I need another inch overlap}

The design of the hood also lends itself to some super cool fringe use! Definitely a wild things jacket!

I have wanted to take photos in this incredible location for years. It’s just a 10 min walk from where we live, and this coat was the perfect project to shoot here… I just couldn’t pick, so here are several more photos. Remember to scroll to the bottom to enter the giveaway

It’s like wearing this coat from a blanket made her take on a different wild girl personality. She was super into the photo shoot. {I may have also bribed her with gummy bears…} You would never know this little jungle is right in the middle of a huge city with roads and highways on all sides… We got a few strange stares from being in here, but the photos are totally worth it. One more link to check out the blog tour overview page: Twig and Tale

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