{"id":9797,"date":"2014-01-29T09:42:04","date_gmt":"2014-01-29T14:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/blog\/?p=9797"},"modified":"2018-11-28T14:47:31","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T19:47:31","slug":"playtime-secret-agent-trench-coat-as-a-lab-coat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2014\/01\/playtime-secret-agent-trench-coat-as-a-lab-coat.html","title":{"rendered":"playtime: secret agent trench coat as a lab coat"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t know about you, but we’re spending a lot of time indoors this winter. It’s been a colder winter than our usual mild weather, and indoor playtime often means more playdates. And more playdates means more dress-up time. More dress-up time means more dress-up clothes are necessary. And do we ever have a dress-up project to inspire you! How cute is this doctor lab coat?<\/p>\n

\"LabCoat4\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This genius little project was made by Debbie, who had the fantastic idea to re-purpose one of our patterns. I’ll let her tell you about it herself:<\/p>\n

Because all of the dress-up clothing I make is well worn (well, actually abused and trashed), I try not to use expensive fabric.\u00a0 For the lab coat, I used a discarded heavy cotton table cloth, and it proved to be a perfect weight.\u00a0 The Secret Agent Trench Coat<\/a> pattern was an ideal choice for a lab coat because it can be worn over layers of clothing, even a jacket when playing outdoors in a playhouse making house calls.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"LabCoat3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The only changes I made to the pattern were to use one row of buttons (instead of making it double breasted), and I left off some of the details such as the belt and the sleeve tabs. I made several large patch pockets, onto one of which I stitched a red cross using felt, and I used my embroidery machine to create her name.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you want to read more about it and see more adorable photos, check out Debbie’s blog, Sewing Stash Challenge<\/a>. Thanks so much, Debbie!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Debbie sewed a darling lab coat for her children’s dress-up box using the Secret Agent Trench coat pattern. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20687],"tags":[69],"class_list":["post-9797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-secret-agent-trench-coat"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/LabCoat3.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-2y1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41979,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2015\/01\/wardrobe-edit-marsala.html","url_meta":{"origin":9797,"position":0},"title":"wardrobe edit: marsala","author":"Rachel Le Grand","date":"January 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Marsala was named the Pantone color of the year for 2015. 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