Floradora’s April Raincoat
Fabric
April Showers means new raincoats are needed…
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Pin
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stitch
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Turn
…topstitch and turn!
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Raincoat
Voila!
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Plum
A new spring raincoat to wear while viewing plum blossoms in inclement weather!
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Quimper Hittys 
I wish that was available in Human sizes, I’d snap it up in a flash. Rainwear is a balancing act in the tropics, though. Sometimes, in a hot monsoon, you’re just as wet inside as you are outside the raincoat!
Alas I only bought enough of the fabric to make a couple of Hitty-sized raincoats, or I’d send you the scraps! Working in a temperate rainforest results in the same sort of effect you are describing, but perhaps chillier…ugh.
Not sure which is worse…
Floradora, you look adorable in your new spring raincoat. It has such a lovely print.
Thanks very much! I loved that print as soon as I saw it…perfect for the Hittys!
Floradora is just plain Floradorable! Love those tiny bare toes! The rain coat is perfect!♥
Floradorable – what a great word!
Floradora is a natural for these activities in recent posts but won’t her friends be a tiny bit jealous?
I think the flowers make Floradora as the natural participant in the flowery beginnings of spring! The other girls will reappear soon!
what a pretty fabric and just in time, I think she is going to need it. The cherry blossoms are starting to bloom, looks like Spring has finely arrived.
April showers and all that!! It is so nice to see the blossoms, even on damp days. The world turns again and it is beautiful.
Floradora’s raincoat is just perfect for her! Lovely!
She likes it a lot. We are always glad to have a new raincoat in the Hitty cupboard!
what a lovely rain coat!! My girls are now asking why they do not have lovely rain coats!!
love that fabric.
Raincoats are essential here in the temperate rainforest! Especially pretty ones!
Your Raincoat sewing adventure is inspiring as always. From the photos it looks as though the beautiful fabric has a waterproof coating on it. We don’t have much winter rain in florida but summer brings rain coupled with plenty of heat.
After a long hiatus I have put the final stitches into a group of beautiful summer dresses inspired by your Summer Dress Sewing Bee posts. Thank you again for such detailed directions. The dresses improved as my hand sewing skills became more refined.
As we slip into warmer weather it is time to put away the wool sweaters and begin knitting some cotton sweaters for the coming air conditioning season. I’ve chosen some valdani threads that will compliment the now finished summer dresses.
I’m so glad you’ve found the sewing bee information helpful! Your Hittys must be happy too – more pretty dresses for all! The raincoat fabric does have a waterproof coating on it, but it is still very soft and flexible. I’ll be making a few more raincoats, we do need them here!