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 inside facing which were cut from a fairly heavyweight cotton drill.

The back of the bodice has lovely princess lines and sleeves are two piece  with a nice curve to them.  They were                                                     perfect and we left them as is.


The 'skirt' part was extended and slightly widened at the sides.  This produced too much of a triangle effect. Taking a wedge out of the side seam eliminated the flare.

The centre front of the skirt was cut off to show the trousers underneath.

Nice split detail at the back worked beautifully due to the princess seam lines.

I even managed to insert a zipped welt pocket into the front facing.  My first ever!
I used the instructions from Designer Techniques by Kenneth D King.  Its an extremely informative and detailed instruction book with very easy to follow diagrams.  

First set of buttons going on.  There was a bit of trial
and error to find the best placement.

Nelson's Column in Great Yarmouth provided a beautiful backdrop for our photoshoot.

I love a nice epaulette 

We are very pleased with the outcome for this coat.  My son has lots of compliments every time he wears it.


Improvements for the future would be to shorten the bodice as it is slightly too long and maybe underline? so there is a bit more body and warmth.