My current project is to trim the 17th century jacket, which I made last winter, with fur. Political correctness has made it impossible to buy old fur coats in charity shops, but a fellow reenactor kindly gave me the sleeves of a rabbit coat during the summer. I want it to look like the fur-edged jackets you see in many Dutch paintings.
Does anyone have any advice about this? I've borrowed a library book with instructions for making fur collars etc. It recommends you to dampen the skin side of the fur and pin it into shape on a board before cutting. I've made a paper template but haven't had time to do anything more yet. Kate Bunting Librarian & 17th century reenactor _____________________________________________________________________ The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and reserves the right to monitor email traffic. If you believe this email was sent to you in error, please notify the sender and delete this email. Please direct any concerns to info...@derby.ac.uk. The policy is available here: http://www.derby.ac.uk/LIS/Email-Policy _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
