madPete Posted July 24, 2010 Author Share Posted July 24, 2010 As a Scottish Highland reenactor of the late Renaissance and early Jacobite era, I really like the sleeveless one! It would make a great Jacobean waistcoat. I'm a leather worker and knife maker myself and can't sew worth a damn, so anyone who can sew amazes me. Thank Ye Here's another I finished 6 weeks ago and the next one under construction ( sailor's short coat) wool weskit sailor short coat under construction Aye... Plunder Awaits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madPete Posted August 11, 2010 Author Share Posted August 11, 2010 Here is the sailor jacket farther along - but still minus buttons. Based on ebay wool, goodwill linen. phweeeuuu... me kit is pretty much complete (at least til I see all those new FB's at PIP). Aye... Plunder Awaits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j8ksdad Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 very nice work. Let's see the whole kit together. I'll eat when I'm hungry. I'll drink when I'm dry. If the hard times don't kill me I'll lay down and die. Rye whiskey! Rye whiskey! Rye whiskey I cry. If you don't give me rye whiskey, I surely will die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelsbagley Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 That is some bloody awesome work! Love the colours! Just an awesome and really cool, understated and unique look! Are your fabric buttons stuff with fabric? IOr are you using some sort of coin or wood biscuit for shape? Either way they are very well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madPete Posted August 11, 2010 Author Share Posted August 11, 2010 very nice work. Let's see the whole kit together. Now that be cheatin'... You'll have to go to Ojai or PIP to see that... (or just wait fer the after-action photos) Aye... Plunder Awaits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madPete Posted August 11, 2010 Author Share Posted August 11, 2010 That is some bloody awesome work! Love the colours! Just an awesome and really cool, understated and unique look! Are your fabric buttons stuff with fabric? IOr are you using some sort of coin or wood biscuit for shape? Either way they are very well done! I bought some cheap coin buttons and covered them. Debated using Brass buttons - but wanted a slight different look (and I used em up already) mP Aye... Plunder Awaits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexRoberts Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 What do you use to make the button holes? Piracy is freedom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madPete Posted August 12, 2010 Author Share Posted August 12, 2010 What do you use to make the button holes? Handsew with linen thread, then slit the middle when completed. My buttonholes are getting better, but not quite there yet - hmm not sure I wanna do enough to get that good Aye... Plunder Awaits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silas thatcher Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 AWESOME job on the coat !! i tried prick stitching when i did my breeches.... (tried ot imitate those that could do it AND keep theirs nice, even, and well spaced ) after i did mine, i decided to keep the stitches invisible on the next one !! works just as well, but doesn't show my lack of skill :) niiiiiiice !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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