This fitted coat is made from light blue wool and is lined with light blue satin. The collar and trim are blue velvet, and the front fastenings are antique pewter. The coat is constructed from fitted gored panels – there is no waist seam. The blue velvet version of Scarlett’s Paris Hat was designed to compliment this coat.
There is a story that goes with this coat. One day my mother came over to my house and gave me a big bag of fabric. “I cleaned out my sewing closet,” she explained, “and I found this huge piece of wool. I think I got it from the Goodwill. It is a really ugly color, but it is great wool. So I thought I’d give it to you – maybe there is something you can make out of it.”  That piece of wool became this coat! Trimmed with some deep blue velvet, it doesn’t look nearly so much like a color you would find in the mis-tint paint isle at Home Depot.