Thank you Eric! I’m running out of time and with the jacket but it’s getting there.
I’ll be back to explain when it’s done, thanks again for these suggestions I may be able to use next time! Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 2, 2019, at 11:58 AM, Eric Olson <whee...@wi.rr.com> wrote: > > Whenever I need to put on a suit, I have my caregivers put my arms above my > head like I'm signaling a touchdown. Then just slide the coat straight down > on my arms and behind my back. Ever since I got out of rehab, I cut all my > winter and fall jackets in half straight up the back. Then I just slide them > on like a smock and have my caregivers tuck them behind my back. I tell them > they don't have to tuck the ends so far behind me that the ends touch - just > enough to keep air out. I also have the alteration shop put a velcro strap > at the back of the collar so it can be pulled tight. Hope that helps. > > Virus-free. www.avast.com > >> On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 2:18 PM Gail Holmes <fredagailhol...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Several years ago I found a site online w instructions on cutting out a >> horseshoe shape of the back lower 2/3 of a sport coat or suit coat. >> >> The top of the cut was below the top of backrest so no modification was >> obvious when in the chair. >> >> I have spent hours looking for the instructions and now can’t find them. I >> was only able to find an image of a man sitting with part of the back out >> which is similar to what I need. >> >> I’m nervous about cutting a new suit coat without those instructions and the >> coat is needed for Saturday morning. >> >> Glenn Gaudet by the way will be wearing this suit coat ( if I don’t mangle >> it ) to his >> father’s funeral. >> >> For the record he is almost 58 and 43 years post injury C4/5 and doing >> relatively well. >> >> I regularly tell him and forward to him all the things I learn from all of >> you on the List which he told me about years ago because he chooses not to >> participate on the forum. >> >> Thanks for any help w sewing instructions. >> >> >>
