Assassin's Creed Inspired Coat
My youngest son wanted a coat in a similar style seen in Assassin's Creed, but wanted it to be everyday wearable and not too much a dressing up costume. This McCalls costume pattern was a good starting point. We decided to concentrate on the coat and maybe add on a hood at a later date as we hadn't found a satisfactory pattern. I am not sure of the blue fabric content of the outside of the coat, it's a a twill weave that is quite soft so I think it may have wool in it. I washed it before sewing but it shrunk slightly. The first part was to make a toile of the bodice. We used cheap dust sheeting from Poundland (it was ok but probably won't use it again, I prefer calico or old sheeting) . The stand up collar was heightened as the original was very low, very easy to do as just needed to add a few centimetres on the top of the pattern piece. The original front facings were extended out to make the crossover front panels and then duplicated to make the in