Iodo wrote:Would you mind sharing some details on how you did this, possibly a photo of it? This could be an alternative to using the nasty blanket fabric
![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
That's usually the sort of thing I take photos of, but I either failed to document my process, or the photos have gotten lost in various device transitions. I did some quick sketches to try to show what I did, as best as I remember it. Sorry about the quality (or lack there of) of the drawings!
The first step was finding an appropriate coat to start with. The one I used looked something like this -
![Thrifted wool coat.jpg](./download/file.php?id=2105&sid=64bbb3f8ff381ed1872cf850a9a89b97)
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It was a wool women's coat in a large size (and happened to be green!), with a couple features that made it well suited to taking it apart and putting it back together. It had overlapping front panels, which meant there was more fabric to work with, but it didn't have a lot of buttons (which meant not a lot of buttonholes). It had patch pockets, instead of welt or slash pockets, which meant the pockets were just sewn onto the coat, rather than there being cuts in the body of the coat. And, like I said, it was green wool!
I took it apart, and got pieces something like this -
![Thrifted wool coat disassembled.jpg](./download/file.php?id=2106&sid=64bbb3f8ff381ed1872cf850a9a89b97)
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I then pinned my pattern pieces onto the coat pieces and cut them out. It took a little playing with the layout, but I got what I needed, eventually -
![cutting diagram.jpg](./download/file.php?id=2107&sid=64bbb3f8ff381ed1872cf850a9a89b97)
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I don't know if that was exactly how I did it, but it was something along those lines. I had to put a few gores in, and since I use this tunic for 14th century reenacting as well, I had to do the complicated transitional sleeves, which is why those look so strange. I also made it button up the front and sleeves. You could streamline all that quite a bit by using simple sleeves and using a different front closure system.
Here's a couple shots of me wearing the tunic with my medieval kit -
![Image](http://orig14.deviantart.net/3f67/f/2016/297/2/4/chaucer_s_yeoman_by_darthgryffindor-dam4lwo.jpg)