From Bella Loves Patterns:
Kaia is a mid-season short coat, exclusively designed to work with double face coating fabrics. Kaia is an oversized short coat slightly tapered toward the hem. It features a dropped shoulder line, a bal collar with collar stand and a single breasted closure at the centre front.
The sleeve has a gently curved outer seam that matches the shoulder line. At the hem there are two buttons and a wrist strap with a single loop that can be used to adjust the width of the sleeve opening. The coat has welt pockets on the front. The pocket bags are visible on the inside of the coat, seams are fully hidden and the edge is bound with bias binding. The bust darts are positioned at the neckline to create a visual feature. The front hem is curved up higher than the back and sits above the hip-line.
Recommended Fabrics:
- Outer layer: medium to heavyweight double face coating fabrics, can also be found as splittable wools, double cloth or bonded wool.
Order a swatch to be sure you have the correct fabric.- Pocket bag: lightweight slippery fabrics such as satin, silk habotai, viscose lining, viscose twill, cupro and acetate.
- Interfacing: choose woven polyester or viscose, lightweight to midweight interfacing.
- Avoid single fabrics that cannot be split.
Height: The pattern is offered in two height groups: 160 and 170 cm (5’2” and 5’5”), when buying this pattern you should select the closest height to your body, if you are in the middle choose the tallest. Both patterns have exactly the same width around the body the only difference is in the length.
Sizes: 6 to 22 UK / 34 to 50 EU / 2 to 18 US
All of our patterns are drafted to fit B cup size.