So Gertie’s post today about sewing winter coats got me thinking: when you sew a coat, and you are looking at sizing, do you sew your size the way you sew your size in a dress or shirt or trousers or do you go up a size because you are wearing this coat over a sweater and scarf or other bundly clothing?
I’m nowhere near ready to make a coat (I don’t think) but in my musing, I happened upon this pattern, Vogue 8626. Looking at it, it seems to have a lot of give. I am 
normally a size 12 or 14 in Vogue, but would I go up to a 16 for a coat that I want to wear a sweater under or do the patterns account for that? Any advice please leave it in the comments!
Edited to add–the Vogue website doesn’t have finished measurements for this garment, so while I know what they say my size is, I have no idea the amount of ease in the pattern because finished measurements are not online (or I don’t see them).
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November 14, 2009 at 18:57
lsaspacey
I just checked and here’s a link to their pattern ease chart, http://www.voguepatterns.com/indextec.htm. So it definitely seems that they usually add ease for coat wearability. From the illustration this one looks more like a coat-dress than a coat and the pattern describes it as close-fitting. So, according to that chart, you should probably go up a size to be safe, in the armholes at least.