Coat for "Grand-puppy" and Some Lovely Linen

Now that I finally finished Tabitha, I'm on to making some Christmas gifts.  My daughter and son-in-law are living in Oregon where it rains a lot during the winter months.  They have a little dog, Riley.  They affectionately call him our "grand-puppy".  I picked up an adorable coat pattern for dogs last year and intended to make Riley a coat last Christmas.  That didn't happen but this year I intend to make the little guy a coat.

So I bought some bright blue rip-stop nylon.  I have on hand in my huge fabric stash some blue fleece that I will use for the lining that is a very close match.  Here is a picture of the pattern.  I'm going to make view B:

My daughter requested I make the coat in blue fabric and not red.  She didn't want Riley to look like Little Red Riding Hood.  

I have been receiving very enticing emails for months from an online fabric company called Fabrics-Store.com.  They sell very nice linen fabrics.  Last week I received an email that they had a "crazy sale" on their bleached softened medium weight linen.  I bought a "yard" for $1.00 plus shipping.  I say "yard" because I actually got much more than one yard.  And the fabric is 60 inches wide.  The fabric is very high quality!  Here is a picture, but it doesn't do the fabric justice:

I'm not sure what I will make with this linen but there is definitely enough for a skirt and maybe a vest; or depending on the pattern I might even manage to make a jacket with this lovely fabric.  I will definitely plan on purchasing more linen from this company sometime.

Thanks for reading,

Marla