First my sweetie Dan wanted to know if I could make him a 1750's (F&I War) officer's coat for his portrayal of General Braddock next April. Nothing fancy, of course, not a lot of trim--just something simple. And he had a white waistcoat and breeches, so no need to worry about them. Sounds do-able.
Then he started studying portraits of the uniform of the Coldstream Guards, Braddock's regiment. Seems its not quite so simple after all--about 30 yards of gold braid. Okay...... Then we looked at illustrations of Braddock's battle, and--darn, I do believe those breeches are blue, not white. And he doesn't have blue breeches.... Then I got a look at his white waistcoat--it turned out to be 1770's, a far cry from a 1750s waistcoat. Just will not do. So between now and April, I will be working on a fancy general officer's coat, breeches, AND waistcoat. And I am a very slow seamstress. Anyone know of a good source of midnight oil? Jane in No VA _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
