New Project: Linen surcoat and matching Hood

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Re: New Project: Linen surcoat and matching Hood

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Iodo wrote: Tue Jul 05, 2022 7:40 pm Now I made a hood to match it :P
Of course you did lol. You're annoyingly talented and always churning stuff out.

If I could make one suggestion? To my eyes the leather straps on the front aren't fine enough for the rest of the garment. Maybe round them off and add a decorative stitch around the edge?
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Most excellent indeed. Very Dwarvish!
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Re: New Project: Linen surcoat and matching Hood

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Cimrandir wrote: Wed Jul 06, 2022 1:16 pm Most excellent indeed. Very Dwarvish!
Thank you :P

Eofor wrote: Wed Jul 06, 2022 12:09 pm If I could make one suggestion? To my eyes the leather straps on the front aren't fine enough for the rest of the garment. Maybe round them off and add a decorative stitch around the edge?
it probably would be a good idea to make them nicer, but they're too easily lost so I tend to make them quite roughly from scraps instead, that way I can quickly replace them with what ever I have on hand and it won't look too wrong. The best fix for this is to make the button hole really tight on one side so the straps can't come off by accident (I did that on my wool surcoat and I haven't lost them yet) but because it's reversible I have to be able to easily switch them from one side to the other and the buttons are slightly different sizes so it wouldn't work so well

[EDIT] to improve the general look of craftsmanship here I do (hopefully) have an addition on the way, nothing is ever quite finished :mrgreen:
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Re: New Project: Linen surcoat and matching Hood

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Of course, It was just a suggestion Iodo though i look forward to seeing your addition.
But the white fury of the Northmen burned the hotter, and more skilled was their knighthood with long spears and bitter. Fewer were they but they clove through the Southrons like a fire-bolt in a forest.
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