Description
Wool Blanket Coat Making making is a 2 evening workshop (2nd evening is for those who don’t finish the first evening) in which participants learn to make a capote, or wool blanket coat. This workshop can be completed with a sewing machine or through hand sewing.
Equipment
Every participant will require;
- Sewing Machine or hand sewing needles
- Ruler
- Pins
- Marker
- Stitch ripper
- Scissors
- Thread (strong nylon thread is most secure)
- A soft fabric measure tape
Materials
Materials can be supplied by the host organization or by us. The Materials required per person are.;
- A twin to queen sized blanket (depending on the size of the person), or 1.5 meters of wool fabric
- Binding (Twill tape, wool melton, or cotton broadcloth to make binding tape with)
This program teaches the process of pattern drafting. Meaning, each participant makes a coat using body measurements, not a paper pattern. Traditional coat making was not done with a pattern, but based on measurements. That is what we learn in addition to the sewing and assembling process of the jackets.
We do not make craft style, blanket stitch capotes. We create tailored coats in the traditional way. If a participant wishes to make the craft style blanket stitch coat, they may, however, that isn’t the intention of this program. We create high quality wool blanket coats.
Natalie Pepin
Taanishi! Dishinikawshon Natalie Pepin. I am a Metis woman in the Tawatinaw Valley in Alberta, Canada. I support indigenous people who are reclaiming their indigenous roots to connect with their culture through learning the traditional skills, arts, stories and teachings of our ancestors. I support indigenous people, who are severed from their traditions by legacy and trauma of colonization, who are discovering that their culture is beautiful. I teach indigenous arts workshops such as beading, moccasin making and brain tanning as a means of reconciliation and reconnection.
