WINTER COAT

Well i know lots of you been waiting to see what i did with this old coat,  been trying to research it, and i think is late 50's early 60's. if you think different please comment below..   now i brought it last week from the Hospice shop,  it was expensive for an old coat, $45  but i loved it,  its 80% wool, 20% other , its said and lining is 100% acetate......... the fabric has lots of little tiny bits of other colour yarn, which i think wouldn't pass the test in today's factory's, it has lovely detailing,  but one thing was i had a little rust mark on sleeve, about the size of a 10cent piece.

 lables inside coat , this company Buckely and Nunn was started in 1851 and was brought out by David Jones,

So what did i do, first i washed it in wool wash, i  know it said dry clean only, i don't do dry cleaning ever, if it cant be washed i would throw it away....
i took in shoulders, took out shoulder pads, , took up hem to above the knee , not below,  took off top button and sewed up button hole, and sewed a seam down the middle of each sleeve to take out the rust mark,    So good end result, looks great on, warm , very pleased, not that i would usually spend that much on a second hand coat that needed a lot of work.

next,  no rest for the wicked