This is exactly what I have been looking for. Square shouldered, unfitted, lined, below hip level with long lapels and a single button.

Refashion, a definition: taking an existing garment and turning it into something else - usually another garment.

It seems I’m in the habit of making multiple coats each winter.

As people of a certain age / televisual persuasion will probably know, there is an episode of Sex and the City

New year, new me, new resolutions, new positivity ... really? Happy New Year!

So, Caroline at Blackbird Fabrics sources some pretty fabulous fabric.

This jacket is vying for place as one of the most favourite things I have made.

I have no idea what possessed me to make a baby pink jacket. I am categorically NOT a pink person.

I need a coat. I have many many many coats but not the right coat.

I had a vision. Involving slim fitting trousers, a long simple tunicy top and a Sydney Jacket.