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Yep, I have to agree w/ Grymm here, the style I was talking abut is a later 18C style, the ones in the pics (which I had not seen until after my post) are rather different. One looks like there _might_ be a sort of strap across the top of the shoulder, but it's too difficult to tell to be sure.

You only plan on wearing these for cold weather, right?

Do you want the pattern for the epaulette by itself, or the coat pattern with epaulette and construction details of how it goes together into the coat? Both Henry Cook and Peggee of Williamsburg make 18C coat patterns, Peggee does show a shoulder strap in the pattern pieces. While both coats are later period and Pegee shows it for left side only (because it's a common soldier's coat so it holds the cartridge box strap in place), the general construction details should be valid for what you need. The Henry Cook pattern doesn't show epaulette details, but my husband's officer's coat was made from it, so that detail isn't hard to add. Basically the strap is stitched into the shoulder and held onto the coat with a button at the neck, the epaulette slides over that strap and is held in place once the strap is buttoned down. There appear to be different styles of epaulette depending on rank and other variables, with different types of boullion fringe. In construction it is something like a tube, where the strap slides through, with the decorative top part stitched onto that. I have other projects literally cooking at the moment, so as I said earlier, PM me later to remind me to post some pictures of all this if you need a visual.

I'll try and get a look at the construction on my husband's uniform. Off hand I'd say they're built into the seams at the shoulder/collar points (I can't remember if there are two parts, or one and a button) I also have a pattern around here someplace that should include that feature, PM me later if you don't hear back in a day or so about this. Jen

If Jim & Angie can't help you soon enough (they appear to be in London at the moment), Sue at Rancocas Merchant might be able to provide you with the buttons. She stocks a variety of styles, too. Rancocas Merchant 33 Pancoast Blvd Delran, NJ 08075 (609)461-3369 sueted@bellatlantic.net Good luck!

Glad you're enjoying it! It is amazing what people have been capable of doing when there is no modern life stuff to intrude.

Wow! Very, very nice! Any info on it?

Happy to be of service! I think I'll go see if I can find it locally, too!

Would that be "A Taste of History" with Chef Staib? Here's a clip, maybe it'll look familiar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7li8zgByrLA

Wow, memories are odd things. Mine just provided me with the information that sometime back when rocks were soft, someone told me that with metal mugs (and this might be for modern "pewter" rather than tin), that you should "season" the mug with whatever you plan to drink from it, basically sacrificing a beer to the mug if beer be your beverage, letting it go flat and then dumping it out. Don't wash it, just rinse it out, and don't drink anything else from it. Seems like a lot of trouble to go to, but worth trying. As for beers that resemble the most of what they drank back then, it was probably small beer more than anything else, made from the 3rd brewing of a batch of hops, etc., which is why they could drink so much beer all the time. They wasn't much alcohol by the time you get to the 3rd batch. So the idea that folks were drinking a lot of beer and being drunk all the time is really one of those myths. I seem to remember porters were common, too. Someone is bound to have done a survey of this type of thing based on tavern inventories. I'll see what I can find out. Too bad you're so far away, you could join us for the symposium coming up in April. It's all about period brew.

_Somebody's_ been busy!

Awww! what a cutie!

Anyone from the pub going besides me?

Thanks! I wasn't completely sure about either of them, some of my UK airports conversations have been with folks already on that side of the Atlantic. Good to know about Stanstead, I won't even bother checking that one out.

My husband and I are kicking around the idea of going over there this summer, so I'll be very interested in seeing how this develops. Have to update the munchkins passports first, though. Also, have you checked out Gatwick or Stanstead to see if those are viable alternatives to Heathrow?

Yep, we're seriously off track for Twill. I think if we want to continue this discussion about earrings, perhaps it should be moved to a more appropriate place for it (in Twill) and let this thread die? I know I've seen pics of earrings here before.

Great, now a battle starts on this site to see who will be the Skipper, Gilligan and the rest. I think Ginger might already be claimed, isn't there already a tall redhead 'round here?

Oh, goodness, I guess that's what happens when your kids are older and miss a trend. So I guess #5 will spawn some accessories to what's already out there. It will be interesting to see, and maybe, considering the rate of time between movies, I'll have some grandchildren to corrupt

Don't forget to walk around barefoot in a barnyard this summer, so you can have an authentic case of worms for Mission to cure. Oh, pulling a few teeth wouldn't hurt your authentic look, either, and removing any fillings is an option. And you can't get smallpox, you've been inoculated.

Yay, girlie bling! Gotta love being affluent And the fact that you're an adult means you were well nourished and strong enough to survive a lot of illnesses as a child. What you might not have is all your teeth, and the potential lack of fiber if you just eat meat and fine white bread, could be a problem. Oh, and you can be a candidate for gout, since you can afford the good stuff What an excuse to hang out in camp with your feet on a cushioned stool

Oh, I missed Lady Barbosa's post about them hitting you in the face! Thanks for the reminder, as I was thinking of making a bunch of these for my belly dance girlfriends, too. And I think putting them in the back of the head sounds like a good idea, the brain is working on ways to build these into a barrette now (yet another project!) One of the beautiful things about this Pub is the fact that there's such a great range from authentic to creative. It's such a rich medium for creativity _and_ research!

These are lovely! Little details like this just make such a difference to the total look. How do you get the cord to stay in your hair? I've made something like this for my son's Jack Sparrow costume (after POTC 1 he wanted to do that for Halloween) and attaching them to his wig drove me nuts. In retrospect, I should have sewn them to the bandanna, perhaps. But he was happy and actually quite delighted to win a prize for his costume at his Cub Scout Halloween party (and so was his mamma!) Heck, I even got the little dude into eyeliner

Milking that particular cash cow until there's nothing left but the "moo", perhaps? And when they are finished with the movies, they can start a kid's cartoon program and use it to sell all the accessory toys!

actually it looks more like a pearl ear pendant so not exactly your typical "gypsy" massive golden earrings that hollywood associate with pirates...havent seen many guys wearing those... I always took it as being a pearl too. Infact the one that I made to wear at events is a pearl one. I forgot to take it out after though and got some funny looks on the Train home That's a pretty good interpretation! I've also cannibalized modern earring bits to come up with something similar. And you can find these being made now by vendors at events like Ft. Frederick's Market Faire (check out the trade blankets!). Here's the page for earrings by one of the ones I know (since I stink at taking pics of mine and putting them here, she's a good "stand-in") http://www.historicdelights.com/pearlsandmore.htm

Hmm, I think I'd interpret that as a pearl, or pearl-like bead (I think glass was used). Moonstone works. I seem to remember seeing artifact earrings like that somewhere in my travels. Will do some digging to see if I can find out where that was.