I'll be following this post closely, as I am about to embark on a similar project. I realize you are in the UK Kate, but have you tried looking on ebay? The US one is flooded with old coats of many kinds.
Sg On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 3:22 AM, Kate Bunting <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 [email protected]. > The policy is available here: http://www.derby.ac.uk/LIS/Email-Policy > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
