Fur inspiration ideas: How to make a fur west on a vintage lamb coat

Are you looking for fur inspiration ideas? In this blog post will Hanne show us how to make a fur vest on a lamb coat. The furs is from a vintage lamb jacket, dyed Shadow fox and a Colicot fox from Fashionfinfur.


This blog post have been done in collaboration with
The Workshop in Denmark together with Hanne Kathrine Andersen a talented furrier, fur teacher and product developer who has earlier been working as a project manager and product developer at Saga Furs.

 

It all started with an idea and inspiration

Colicot Fox, dyed Shadow Fox and a Vintage Lamb Coat - a great colour combination!

Colicot Fox, dyed Shadow Fox and a Vintage Lamb Coat – a great colour combination!

The vintage lamb coat

This re design project started with a vintage lamb coat in Hannes studio. She got an idea and decided to combine the fox colours of an dyed Shadow Fox and a Colicot Fox from Fashionfinfur.

The working process – How to make a fur vest on a lamb coat

Picture 1. Make the pattern and mark where the panels of fox / leather goes

Picture 2. Nail the Fox skin

 

Picture 3. Cut the pour part away

 

Fur inspiration picture - How to make a fur west on a vintage lamb coat

Picture 4. Mark Fox and leather and cut it

 

Fur inspiration picture - How to make a fur west on a vintage lamb coat. A step by step guide

Picture 5. Divide it in 2 and you are ready for sewing

Picture 8. Hit the fur sewing machine

Picture 6. Hit the fur sewing machine

Picture 7. Nail the panels and the vest after pattern

Picture 8. Nail the panels and the vest after pattern

 

Picture 9. I sew hugs and eye in by hand

 

Picture 10. The finished vest – front and from the backside. I decided not to have lining in because I like the backside with sewing and the imprint the lambskin has.

We hope you find this post inspiring and you got some new fur inspiration ideas.

 

Fur sewing courses in Copenhagen, Denmark

Do you want to learn more about sewing with fur? The workshop offers fur sewing courses for both beginners but also more advanced fur technique courses.

Link to The Workshop

 

Looking for fox pelts to your next fur project?

 

We have a wide array of beautiful fox fur pelts in our webshop – all natural. All our fox pelts are quality fur farmed in Finland. Visit our webshop and get inspired!