Angelique wrote: >Wool coating is fairly expensive, and I am hoping that it would be possible to >alter a sack style coat from a nearby thrift store. Do you think it's possible?
From time to time I check out men's(or even women's) outer wear coats(it needs to be the long coat style) at my local thrift stores to see if I think they could be converted to a Victorian frock coat or a Regency tail coat. I look for a plain cut with little seaming. Also the wool needs to be farily thin and stiff(as in melton)--not soft as most of our modern winter coats tend to be. I visualize what marks might not be avoidable in the "new" jacket such as where a previous button might have been. What gets me every time is the sleeve. Modern sleeves are cut rather straight and converting them to a banana shape for the Victorian sleeve is not possible without piecing. I have yet to take the plunge but would like to try sometime just to see if it is doable. Charlene Roberts _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
