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Post by armando on Jan 10, 2021 12:26:23 GMT -7
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Post by paranger on Jan 10, 2021 12:55:39 GMT -7
The Northwest Traders' "traditional" pattern (NW 8) is not bad if you avoid the "mountain man" capes and frills and just go basic. That would be for a British style blanket coat. The French capote is a different animal (pleated skirt, single cloth covered button, buttoned cuffs, etc.) I don't know of a good capote pattern off hand.  how to change pc resolution without screen |
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Post by coot on Jan 10, 2021 15:43:08 GMT -7
Looks like an authentic US Navy Commander's coat on your clothes rack.
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Post by paranger on Jan 10, 2021 16:49:27 GMT -7
Looks like an authentic US Navy Commander's coat on your clothes rack. Yep. And I can vouch for that one being 100% hc/pc 😁 |
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Post by spence on Jan 10, 2021 18:02:30 GMT -7
I can't help with a coat pattern, I took a different way, made a blanket shirt instead of a blanket coat. 18th-century shirts are pretty simple, just some rectangles folded and sewn together, and shirt patterns are easily available. I made my blanket shirt exactly like a shirt, just short of knee length, wide, drop-shoulder sleeves, pull-over with a collar. I made mine even larger so I can wear layers of warm stuff under it, and left the sleeves open, folded up but with no cuffs, so I can fold them down and have sort of muffs for my hands on a stand. The blanket was British WW II surplus, very heavy and dense, very warm. After 20+ years of use it's still going strong.   Spence |
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Post by armando on Jan 11, 2021 7:21:55 GMT -7
I can't help with a coat pattern, I took a different way, made a blanket shirt instead of a blanket coat. 18th-century shirts are pretty simple, just some rectangles folded and sewn together, and shirt patterns are easily available. I made my blanket shirt exactly like a shirt, just short of knee length, wide, drop-shoulder sleeves, pull-over with a collar. I made mine even larger so I can wear layers of warm stuff under it, and left the sleeves open, folded up but with no cuffs, so I can fold them down and have sort of muffs for my hands on a stand. The blanket was British WW II surplus, very heavy and dense, very warm. After 20+ years of use it's still going strong. Spence How did you know how to lay this out to make it? I was looking at one like this?  |
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Post by spence on Jan 11, 2021 7:36:31 GMT -7
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Post by brokennock on Jan 11, 2021 14:32:31 GMT -7
Beth Gilgun's book, "Tidings from the 18th century," has a shirt pattern as well as a few others, and lots of other great info.
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Post by armando on Jan 11, 2021 15:34:59 GMT -7
I have her book and in fact cut out the pattern (after much help from my wife) for the Great Coat and was going to use surplus Navy Hospital blankets. I wonder if I can modify that one to be a Blanket Coat?
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Post by ewoaf on Feb 13, 2021 13:06:18 GMT -7
Just make a greatcoat. It's just as easy, more authentic, underrepresented, and more versatile.
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