The coat was the most difficult piece and took the longest to make. The lining had to be removed and re-cut at one point. Again I started with the closest pattern I could find. I used McCalls 3800 because it had the shawl collar that I needed. I had considered a couple of others, but thought this one would be the easiest to alter. The velvet is a remnant that I found in an obscure corner of the shop. Summer is not the right time of year to look for rust colored velvet. The original lining plan was for a vining pattern, but it did not have the different colored highlights that the original showed. Then I found the floral, which did... What to do???

I made Bilbo choose.

The quilting closeup. For all you fellow masochists. Yes, it is done on the machine. Between the green layer and the rust velvet layer is "the puffy layer". That is a layer of very thin pre-quilted nastily striped polyester stuff left over from a tudor petticoat. I drew lines on the back of the white side of it and quilted the collar prior to attaching and the cuffs after attaching.

The coat buttons may look familiar. That's because you've seen them before on the pant legs. I couldn't find what I wanted, and being unwilling to go all the way to San Fran without a guarantee of success, I bought some more and painted them. The gold is the stuff they use to touch up gilded chrome on automobiles, the red is standard modeling enamel.