Re: [lace] Victorian Farm was lace-digest V2008 #276

[Sue]

We are going out to a Burns night supper on saturday for my 60th birthday, 
(did I just admit to that, LOL).  My husband has a kilt I made to wear at 
our living history camps and usually wears a red soldiers coat from the 
period 1800's.  He has socks/hose, sparren but no modern jacket, so we have 
reshaped the bottom of a normal suit jacket,  Put different pocket flaps on 
with raised seams, epaulettes, and a nice shape sleeve decoration in 
perference to a fancy cuff.   Now I just have to sew on lots of small 
thistle buttons and then sew the lining up and its done.  It has been hard 
work pushing and pulling the firm cloth, so will be very pleased when its 
finished.   It is a very long time since I did so much hand sewing, I am so 
grateful for my anglepoise lamp and light I use for my lacemaking.
He also has the lace jabot I made about 5 years ago, but not sure if he will 
wear that or not.

How would you change a suit jacket into a Scottish one? What is so
different?
Just interested.
Karen in Malta

I see what you mean about being recognisable,  Thank you for you explanation
and for the link which I found very interesting.
I have a lace butterfly bought in Bruge in the 1980s which I wonder if its
done in this way.
When I bought it I bought it as a pretty brooch of lace that I liked, but
now see so many possibilities of what it might be.
Well better get back to my major task for this week which is converting a
mans suit jacket to a scottish one to wear with a kilt.  Didn't expect quite

so many changes and quite so much hand sewing so its been very hard on my
hands and eyes.  A bit each day and then I can work on my lace at night.
BTW for those who made suggestions to help me last year hunting down music
in lace I have managed to adapt a pattern (widen it and change bits) to give

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