Quilted White Capelet Complete

These past two days I decided to work on the white capelet for my second look. Its been snowing outside and crazy cold so it just made sense for me to work on something big and warm to me. It took just about 2 days to get all the pieces cut, the quilting done and the shearling details applied. This capelet is made out of wool, is fully quilted, lined and has shearling details hand sewn into the arm slits as well as the collar. It is closed with a big, chunky, exposed gold zipper that I found at JoAnn fabrics in the size that I needed. It was in a new line of specialty zippers they have. For all my fashion divas out there and anyone that wants or needs zippers that have some edge and details, you know how big this is that they finally have a line in stores, that do not have to be ordered from halfway across the country! Needless to say I was pretty excited about this find! Here are some pictures of the finished capelet and some detail shots of the shearling.

Capelet Front                                                                    Capelet Back

Inside Shearling Detail                                                Arm Slit Shearling Detail

This look originally was going to be the capelet paired with wide leg trousers, but after seeing how the capelet turned out, I have shifted the design of the second piece that will go with it. Now I am going to make a high-waisted pencil skirt with quilted details for this look. I just feel that overall it will look more successful and more cohesive with the overall line. The thing that worried me and made me rethink doing the wide leg pant was that this capelet has so much volume and detail to it that putting it with another garment with a lot of volume would make a heavy overall look and would not compliment the proportions of a figure. So my plan for tomorrow to end off the week will be to figure out the colors and final design for the pencil skirt as well as begin (and hopefully finish) the construction of it as well. Here's to hoping I can stay motivated tomorrow haha! Well that's all I have for now. If I don't get a new post up by late tomorrow night there will be a new one up my Monday! Thanks for reading! :)

xoxo Hillary C.