Shetland Collection: Nearing the End
Although I have so many more garments I want to make for this collection, I have more than enough to travel with. I just looked at the rules for this years SWAP and I realise that a lot of the things I had planned for the Shetland Collection, along with things that match but wouldn't work for this trip, will form the basis of a SWAP, so I will leave them for that. I had a short break in New Zealand last week, so some of the garments shown have been finished for a while now. This coat is BWOF 10-07-119 and is shown here sans buttons, which have since been added. I've had this fabric in my stash for a few years now and in my mind it was charcoal, but when I pulled it out it was more brownish than I recalled. C'est la vie. I love this coat and although it's out of the colour range of the Shetland Collection I don't think anyone will notice! It looks a little shapeless on a naked Vera. When I wear this it will have several layers underneath (and I have