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I got one of these to use to fit kit for Salty ...I'll have to adjust it to her measurements with a bit of EVA foam an electric carving knife (usually used for carving turkeys) and a tight T-shirt over it. A theatre costumer showed me that trick years ago; you can pick up mannequins cheaper than dress forms some store fittings shops in major cities have used ones for $25-40 (just a thought) mannequin Cheaper than a sewing form by like $60-80

That sort of fabric was certainly out there in period and could have been made by somebodies' Mum ...It wouldn't have been made by a slops contractor but not everything was the "official issue" ...In my opinion I'd say wear it in good health!!!

It can be an issue at some venues ...I ran into it a few years ago in Florida but the event producer had already pissed off the firemarshall with a lot of other crap he pulled so we had to bear the brunt of it. I had a new Panther tent that we sprayed the retardant on ourselves but that didn't cut it for the official so I improvised, since I had less than 24 hours before the event opened ...needless to say we passed the firemarshall's inspection. But, since yours is a personal shelter and not a commercial tent you are usually exempt from that regulation at most venues because they aren't open to the general public. That has been my experience, for what it's worth. So save the $200-300 in additional expense and spray it yourself; I used a hand pump sprayer I got from the garden shop for $20 and got a gallon of flame retardant for $68 at the time. Check your PM

Congratulations to your missus!!! Does she know who the father is? :P Poor little buggar has to grow up with the likes of you hanging about... but I guess having such a bad example to give clear evidence as what NOT to aspire to is a good thing in some respects. All joking aside lad, congratulations!!! Will keep you and yours in our prayers that all goes well

I have to drive at least 25 miles to the closest fabric shop, 90 miles if We want a decent selection. But I did score 10 yards x 60" of worsted wool suiting last night on ebay in a dove grey$30 W/shipping included.

Constance, sewing for you 32 hours a day!!!

Slainte` lass I hope this is one of the best birthdays of your life until the next FIFTY or so come along ...we hope to see you again very soon!!!

It was mailed last Tuesday and went out priority mail ...unless your address has changed since the last time I sent a package to you it should have arrived by Friday or Saturday at the latest ...I'll start a tracking at my local post office first thing in the AM

Best of luck to you in your endeavors! The work looks good there lad, perhaps we will be doing a bit of business soon!

If it were me I'd even omit the word "wedding" and create a short term hotmail email addy

Problem comes as to returning it to the RIGHTFUL OWNER ...you want to do the right thing but the greed of some scammers will bring them out of the woodwork if they smell profit from the ad or too accurate a description ...I've found you need to make them describe their ring to you rather than posting it or worse yet a photo ...if it's engraved on the inside as many wedding bands are make sure the initials or dates match ...just my tuppence worth

GDFB!!! B)

Damn!!! You young bucks are shaming me I've not sewn any kit for over a year and I have half a ton of fine fabric here. I think a sailor's jacket first and then a linen sleeved waistcoat. hope to have those done no later than Ft. Frederick Spring Market Fair. Sailor's jacket by Searle's.....

Ye best come to grips with it Captain ....she's becoming quite the young lady! Whether you are willing to admit it or not Mother Nature waits naught for your acceptance. Soon enough she'll have suitors knocking on your door and sword or not she'll be smiling at at least some of them. It happens to all of us parental types eventually. My oldest is 32 and has a fiance and my 16 year old is eyeing a lad or two at high school.... where does the time go seems like just last week I was taking the oldest to her first dinner and a play for her twelfth birthday. As I'm sure your father did as well or something similar.

of what you have in stock ....

YEAH go figure!!! T&A Sells!!!

So Mister Cross you've posted you're finished with your sleeved waistcoat but we're not seeing any pics ....Pictures! or it didn't happen .....Seems I said that to you once before!!!! :lol: ...still waiting to see those from PapaRatzi

Two drawbacks right now, first lack of ready cash and secondly, you have nothing my size ...nor Salty's nor Hamish's .....will wait and haggle with you come springtime .....

The alcohol content of "good rum" is too high for it to spoil and there shouldn't be a great deal of sugar content left for a culture to grow ...so I think you're safe with it.

Seahawk, you'll have the last two volumes by weeks end they were posted today. Sorry for the delay

It would often depend on the captain or owner of the ship as to how much of "spares" were carried. So there was no hard and fast rule as to what or where any stock was loaded, but, I would agree with Bo's assessment "anywhere you could squeak out an extra square foot of stowage" ...I do know that extra planking was often lashed or racked overhead below decks. Old rope and tar was kept to use for caulking the decks and hulls so there would be stores of that often aboard. Very few spaces aboard would be sacrosanct against the stowage of materials often below decks it looked like a "Chinese Puzzle" with ships stores filling every nook and cranny.

The cable tier below deck could be quite sizable space in the bow. That space was often used to store other items that weren't used daily while the ship was at sea such as spare sails and extra lines. The anchors were lashed to the sides of the fo'c'sale. And, on some larger vessels there was a beam added to the hull structure to allow the anchors to be suspended outboard. As I posted in another thread (it's the area below the Galley/kitchen)

Thank you ....much of what is displayed in museums of extant clothing has been sewn together at later dates as to allow for display and were not the construction of the period (at least from what I was told at the Edinburgh Museum). But, since this is not my main area of expertise and my hard documentation is not extensive and I was dealing with recollection of 40+ years ago. I'm so glad of the contribution of someone who has more extensive expertise than myself(doesn't always take much in tailoring). I was also told at the time that common womens' stays were often cut differently because they didn't have the luxury of not raising their arms; much the way that few women today wear haute couture in their daily lives but they wear practical clothing that fits their lifestyles and budgets.

From a lot of the research I've done it was part of the lower decks fo'c'sale/forecastle also called the cable tier where the anchor "cable"/line was coiled for stowage; in the bow of the ship. In the image below it would be the compartment below the galley/kitchen.

Pew, is there any other way to drynk a good spirit??? As the saying goes " I don't make water in your tea Granny, Don't put water in m' whiskee!" (or RUM)