Sewing Challenge Update - Raincoat Progress

I thought I would do an update post about my raincoat project.  While I had hoped to be almost finished by now, a change in patterns did push the project back a bit.  However, I thought it might be good to show a bit of my progress so far so you can see the innards of the coat.

First, I added about two inches in width to the back pattern piece below the waist.  I did a slash and spread instead of getting out the pattern and re-tracing and grading it up.  From the muslin it was pretty easy to see that the lower back needed more width so that the side seam would lay straight:

Muslin - you can see the seam being pulled back

Adjusted side seam - much better!

Also, I finally got my Etsy-purchased vintage buckles in the mail!  Scale is an odd thing in photos, so I ended up buying a few lots of buckles from the same seller.  Most of them are too small (at least for this project), but I did find a green one that was just the right size.  It came with a prong which I removed with some pliers (no holes in my fabric belt).  Part of me feel bad for "destroying" the vintage buckle.  The rest of me is happy that I have a belt.  The latter part is winning.

Coat with my vintage belt buckle!

Based on the buckles that came, I decided on the smaller circle pattern buttons:

Green and blue - matching the fabric and the buckle!

I already made a boo-boo and I put the sleeve tab on the wrong side of the sleeve, but since this fabric doesn't take well to punctures and it isn't a make or break sort of a problem, I decided to just leave it.

This project would be moving a bit faster, but I have to spend forever and a day ironing on my seam-sealing tape.  Not that it takes a long time to seal, I just have lots of seams to deal with.  It makes the seams look a bit more puckery than I would like (the seams look great without it, the teflon presser foot is great on this rubberized material), but water-proofing is slightly more important than having it look perfect.

Inside view of the tape sealed seams

I have finished the main shell of the coat and the lining so far, so now I have to work on the fiddly bits like the collar and such.  Something to do next weekend...

The lining - it is not exciting, but I thought
this fabric might do well if it gets wet.

Not to jinx anything, but so far I like the way it is going.  Although I am sort of concerned that the intense blue color might make me look like a Smurf or a CSI lab tech.  I mean, I love the color, but, well, there is a lot of blue.

So you can see, I am sewing, but I won't have a project to show for a while at least.  Usually I am happy while I am working on a project, but I want to get this one done so I can wear it, so the sewing is seeming a bit tedious at the moment.  Well, maybe not the sewing, but the seam sealing is for sure.  Anyway, can't wait to get more finished so I can show it off.  More to come later!