kass Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 We've been hard at work and are pleased to present two new Golden Age of Piracy patterns: The 1720s Frock Coat http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/patte...sfrockcoat.html Curved fronts, huge cuffs, and swingy skirts! A little later than our other frock coat pattern (appropriate for 1710-1730 for the fashionable man and later for the not-so). The Early 18th century Great Coat http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/patte.../greatcoat.html The perfect winter cover up for the man of fashion. All in stock and ready to ship TODAY! Quick! Get 'em before I leave the country! Building an Empire... one prickety stitch at a time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjohn Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Oooooh... bring the Great Coat pattern tomorrow too please!!! (If I had one of these, I'd wear it 'in real life' too!) My Home on the Web The Pirate Brethren Gallery Dreams are the glue that holds reality together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kass Posted October 13, 2006 Author Share Posted October 13, 2006 I was already planning on it, Blackjohn. Matter of fact, I pushed up the printing schedule so I could have to them show you guys tomorrow night. Yeah, I'm thinking of making one for myself for street wear. It's faboo! Building an Empire... one prickety stitch at a time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Oh my, my..... The Great Coat is fantastic! Maybe I can add "highwayman" to my repertoire? Yo ho ho! Or does nobody actually say that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kass Posted October 13, 2006 Author Share Posted October 13, 2006 Good idea, Jack! And you'd be able to wear your boots! Building an Empire... one prickety stitch at a time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 When you do leave the country, would you be kind enough to take a great coat pattern with you. Foxe"With this Fore-Staff he fansies he does Wonders, when, God knows, it amounts to no more but only to solve that simple Question, Where are we? Which every chi'd in London can tell you." - Ned Ward The Wooden World Dissected, 1707ETFox.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kass Posted October 13, 2006 Author Share Posted October 13, 2006 Darling, I already have one of each packed... Funny... You guys are pirates, but I keep ending up with all your gold... How does that happen? Building an Empire... one prickety stitch at a time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rats Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 I knew it was just a matter of time!!! Very nice!! :) 1 Greatcoat please!! Rats! No rest for the wicked! Wait a minute... that's me?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Funny... You guys are pirates, but I keep ending up with all your gold... How does that happen? Aye, we be dirt poor, but DAMN, we look good! Yo ho ho! Or does nobody actually say that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt. Alva Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 oh yeah!, expect my order in the next couple months.......these are my winter projects! "Disobediant Monkeys will be shot, Disobediant Undead Monkeys will be shot repeatedly until morale improves" "They Says Cap'n Alva went funny in the head and turned to Cannibalism while marooned on a peninsula."- Overheard in a nearby camp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentleman of Fortune Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 Thanks, it looks to be another winner! What does the pattern call for as far as meters/yards of material for the outter part? For the great coat and the justaucorps? Greg Come aboard my pirate re-enacting site http://www.gentlemenoffortune.com/ Where you will find lots of information on building your authentic Pirate Impression! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tall Paul Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 When you do leave the country, would you be kind enough to take a great coat pattern with you. Hi Kass, If you Haven't already left your shores, could you also put one of each into the bag for me also. Cpt "Tall Paul" Adams Colchester Historical Enactment Society (C.H.E.S.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastie04 Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Funny... You guys are pirates, but I keep ending up with all your gold... How does that happen? Don't worry, it's historically accurate for pirates to loose all their money to women and their wares. Coastie She was bigger and faster when under full sail With a gale on the beam and the seas o'er the rail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Hand Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Don't worry, it's historically accurate for pirates to loose all their money to women and their wares. And Rum..... you can't forget th' rum........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Sterling Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Decisions, decisions... this or the Brandenburg coat... hmmm will just have to have both! "I being shot through the left cheek, the bullet striking away great part of my upper jaw, and several teeth which dropt down the deck where I fell... I was forced to write what I would say to prevent the loss of blood, and because of the pain I suffered by speaking."~ Woodes Rogers Crewe of the Archangel http://jcsterlingcptarchang.wix.com/creweofthearchangel# http://creweofthearchangel.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kass Posted October 24, 2006 Author Share Posted October 24, 2006 Have both! We'll print more! I just had an idea. I'm here in Brixham, UK with my digital camera. I'm going to be draping one of the new Great Coats on our own Mr. Foxe while I'm here. Would anyone be interested in seeing pictures of the process? Building an Empire... one prickety stitch at a time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Hand Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Well after seeing the photos that Mr (?) Foxe posted of you "somewhere else".... that would be fair................ Kass went farb........ naynanaaaayah....... I just can't say where the picture was posted........ Kass can post it if she chooses to do so......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kass Posted October 24, 2006 Author Share Posted October 24, 2006 No way, Pat! I won't post it here! And I would just like to state for the record that the Sheppey Pirates (under Mr. Foxe's fiendish direction no doubt) must have slipped mind-altering drugs into my period-appropriate drinking vessel and I am not to be held responsible for my actions. How they found a pair of boots that fit me so perfectly, I cannot say... [i've been told it's all part of a massive conspiracy to ruin my reputation and bankrupt me so I can never return home to the States!] But stay tuned... I'm not the only one who went farb that day. And I have pictures too! Building an Empire... one prickety stitch at a time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Roberts Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Yes I would like to see pictures of the process. (and by "drape" you mean sew? make a great coat?) Can't wait to get started on my wife's hunting coat. Thanks Kass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 ...that would be fair................ Kass went farb........ naynanaaaayah....... Fair, or Faire? I'd love to see those pics! :) Yo ho ho! Or does nobody actually say that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kass Posted October 24, 2006 Author Share Posted October 24, 2006 Okay, Jack -- quick lesson in clothing making. There are two general ways to make a piece of clothing -- drafting and draping. Drafting involves taking measurements, plotting those measurements on a piece of paper, making a pattern using those measurements, and cutting your cloth according to the pattern. It is the way most clothing is made nowadays. This is the way patterns are produced too. The downside is that the measurements make certain assumptions. For instance, if you have one shoulder that sits slightly higher than the other, the measurements won't show this. Draping involves no measurements at all. You literally put the piece of fabric on the body, stitch it down, and cut away what isn't needed. Although a much older technique of clothing making, it really is the best because you are literally sewing the garment on the person who's going to wear it. Therefore asymetry and other flaws are taken into account. This is the way bespoke suits and haute couture garments are still made. I'm literally going to hang pieces of canvas and wool on Foxe and baste the garment together as he stands there. The finishing work will be done in my lap, but the basic construction will be done on him as he patiently trusts me not to stick him with pins and needles too much. You know, he really should have waited to post that picture until AFTER I draped his great coat... Building an Empire... one prickety stitch at a time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumba Rue Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 I would love to see the pictures of you sticking it to Foxe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Maria Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Have both! We'll print more!  I just had an idea. I'm here in Brixham, UK with my digital camera. I'm going to be draping one of the new Great Coats on our own Mr. Foxe while I'm here. Would anyone be interested in seeing pictures of the process? I have an idea turn this into a competion! Have severl period garb makers compete to make the best pirate garb. Call it Project Gangway! Seriously I'd love to see pics Kass. Red Maria The Soul of Indecency Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kass Posted October 25, 2006 Author Share Posted October 25, 2006 Okay kids! Yesterday I went hunting in Torquay and found a fabric store that was going out of business. I got the most wonderfully appropriate canvas twill for half price! So I'm ready to start draping Foxe's Great Coat at any time. Today is a horrible rainy day and our plans for the evening have been thereby cancelled, so we're planning on starting the Great Coat drape tonite. Stay tuned! I may start another thread... Building an Empire... one prickety stitch at a time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Roberts Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Will you start that thread here?(in plunder?) Or can you let us know where? Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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