In a message dated 3/24/2006 6:33:38 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
am not sure if I understand your problem, ***************** I thought he meant the waistcoat! but this style of coat was never intended to close using the buttons and buttonholes. It is quite likely in fact, that the buttonholes are not even slit open. On an original coat of this style there would be a couple of hooks and loops high on the chest, and the coat would meet when these were fastened, not overlap. A great tip I learned on "Last of the Mohicans" was, when you have a curved front that doesn't close, like in "Mohicans" which is 1750s, or one that is more curved and butts up together at CF, like you find later in the century... In the seam allowance just shy of where it is to be finished, run a couple of rows of gathering threads along the length [3"-5"] of the outermost part of the curve and ease it up ever so slightly. Stabilize the eased part by basting it to a 1/4" piece of twill tape right where the finished edge will be. Then finish it up as you ordinarily would....easing the lining too. If you do it right, you cannot see any of the ease and the curved edge will lay flat and not stick out away from the chest any. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
