Blanket? Or Coat?

I took an informal poll of LilBro, DBF, and myself:

• blanket - 3


• coat - 0

Congratulations! It's a blanket! I bought this fabric from fabric.com for Vogue V2935, a short jacket by Sandra Betzina, that I intend to make during The Great Coat Sew-Along based on the online description that it was a wool blend coating and the pictured fabric "swatch" (see my earlier post here). Fabric.com described it as a "heavyweight coating" with a "wonderful texture" that would give your "coats and jackets extra appeal." Further, and this is where I really should have paid extra attention, "it's also appropriate for throws, pillows, and blankets!"

To fabric.com's credit, it is a wonderfully luscious fabric. Lively color, great drape & very soft and warm -- I'm actually contemplating straightening & binding or fringing the edges to make a couple of throws, rather than returning the yardage. It is just not what I imagined from looking at the online swatch. The texture of the basketweave is a bit ... umm ... more pronounced than I bargained for. I really don't want to use my backup options from stash, so it is back to the fabric drawing board. This time, I've ordered swatches!