Spooky Embroidery

What seems like forever ago, Darling Husband asked me to make him a coat with this pattern. It was for a costume. Since I missed the original deadline (he bought a coat from Amazon for that costume), I decided to get to work making the coat the way I envisioned it.

My vision includes loads and loads of black embroidery on black fabric. I cut and interfaced and sewed some pieces together. The back panels were joined before I added the embroidery.

After watching more than a few tutorials on YouTube, I figure out how to make these pockets.

I'm pretty pleased with the result, but I'm not likely to choose to add these pockets to another garment. This is the first one I finished. The second one came out better, but I didn't take a photo.

I added more embroidery. This embroidery is dangerously close to the seam line, but I think it will still work.

Because embroidery makes everything better. 

These designs make me so happy. Each of these designs is from Urban Threads called Gothic Nouveau.

As often happens, I am reminded how long it takes to construct a garment. I started working on this project on Saturday, and haven't made too much progress. I worked on it most of Saturday and part of Sunday. I even set up embroidery and worked on other sections while the machine stitched along. I must have done three or four embroideries while completing the three pockets. That isn't discouraging me, just reminding me that anything awesome takes time.

Tools (affiliate links):
Creative Grids 6.5" x 24.5" Rectangle
Fiskars Rotary Cutter
Fiskars Self Healing Rotary Cutting Mat
BLACK+DECKER Vitessa Advanced Steam Iron
Grabbit Magnetic Pin Cushion
Fiskars 8-inch scissors
Juki TL-2010Q