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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

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

Now that be cheatin'... You'll have to go to Ojai or PIP to see that... (or just wait fer the after-action photos)

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).

Capt Sterling, [sorry fer the delayed notice, still working out details... but please put madPete down fer a 7X10 wedge with the Mercury crew.] EDIT: won't be camping - made arrangements in town this year Thank Ye, mP

They are always better in pairs... er... you know... like the cibies on his truck... whew... Yeah... we REALLY NEED one of those at PIP! mP

You need a pair to go on your cibies! Can't ya see a pair of these going down the road - Help William! (or someone with photoshop) mP

Gads - never thought of that... oh well, A pirate's life fer me

Thought this might be fun to see what the crew has done with the Mercury colors.

Hey just know that your surgeon journals are fun reading and much appreciated! If there's any way I can help on the left coast events, just let me know. Fer me to make the east coast trips is kinda the same thing. BTW - I love how Facebook bleeds into the pub mP

HEAR YE ... HEAR YE ... The surgeon Mission has committed to at least four more surgeon's journals!!!! Aye... ye be a glutton fer punishment mate! and I'm just helping ye along mP

wow talk about timing for re-opening an old thread... At work we have a custom of decorating people's cubes while they are gone on vacation. We call it vacation hazing and for one individual, the team split up and went to all the GoodWill stores in town and bought as many stuffed animals as we could find that were bunnies. Obviously when that person came back, their cube was brimming with wabbits! Well, our company was bought out 2 years ago and this week (finally) we were packing our stuff to be moved. Obviously with all this vacation hazing over time, we have way more stuff than we can move. So while cleaning out the store room we came across all these bunnies. We hate to throw this stuff away. hmmm... idea. We have a project manager that came in, packed a single crate and went back to a temporary spot at the new place. So being our old wiley selves we packed up a bunch of crates full of wabbits and tagged them for her cube. I can hardly wait to see her face when the crates are delivered to her cube tomorrow.

Thank ye fer yer input... I knew he was making a new one, but was thinking that repairing a chafed shroud in place must be similar - I guess in a storm ye jes hope it holds eh? yeah - who is Reggie?

Yes - Great video. Makes it sink home a bit about some of the dirty jobs on a traditional ship. Did sailors make repairs like that during inclement weather or did they try to keep spares on hand? mP

Welcome to the Pub! Tis indeed a fine place to meet and share ideas.

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

Thanks Eye. A scalawag with patience? Indeed Sir!

no confirmation after signin up... mayhaps me scalawag repute has arrived afore me or, mayhaps they be afraid fer thar doubloons! mP

Aye - A fellow re-enactor and I are planning ta be there as well - just need to find a group to camp with. mP

Nice work Mission, yer sense of humor in the journal always raises a smile. "women glow"... Shannon... If someone asks if you are the winner... say YES!

just started John Paul Jones, a sailor's biography. Read a book about him when I was 11-12... aahh..., fond memories.

After all these years I finally picked up a copy of Treasure Island, can't believe I waited that long to read it. Better go back and read some more of the classics! mP