I made my first Coco!

But first, an update on Thing 78. Remember the 86 tissue pouches? Which was going to be plenty, with lots left over? Riiiight. A bunch of last minute sign-ups ate up all that buffer and some. This afternoon I whipped up another 18. The fabric squares were already cut, so with speed sewing I was done in under 40 minutes. My serger may have cried a little.

 

 

But back to Coco.

The preparation was the biggest job. Because I bought the pattern as a PDF I had to first print it out and assemble it. I think it was 33 pages; I lost count. I traced the size and version I wanted onto Swedish tracing paper and from there I cut out the fabric. All this took a couple of hours.

I decided on Sunday afternoon to put it all together. I only had about two hours to get it done, but because the pattern is so easy I finished with half an hour to spare.

 

 

The fabric is a heavy cotton, like a corduroy but without the raised ridges, and has a little bit of stretch. It has a bit of an upholstery vibe to it and I was afraid I was going to look like a sofa.

(There’s a wonky crease by the collar in these photos, but that was easily adjusted by refolding the collar down.)

 

 

I love my Coco. It’s comfortable and I don’t even care if it makes me look like a sofa. There will be more Cocos.

 

Cost of this Thing:  €14.10 (€9.60 for the pattern, €4.50 for the fabric)
Cost of all Things to date: €114.71