Converting a tweed sport coat to a Braemar jacket

[The F-H.C.A.G.]

...snip... One other thing that I've noticed is missing that of a half empty scotch bottle, wine glass, margarita, snapps...

Sorry, I forgot to get a picture of me leaning over to sip from my vodka tonic while hand-sewing the cuffs. I actually considered asking the dear husband to snap a shot, but he was busy playing with the kids!

By the way - That's a really neat snake necklace!

Thank you, everyone notices that one. I'm partial to it myself!


So, last post for the night. The pockets. Initially, I was going to cut down the original pockets and just sew them right back on, but I then cut one of the pockets in half for the sleeve patches-it was just too perfect a curve to have to try to create myself. So, I decided I would just leave the flaps and not bother to replace the pockets-people would then just assume there were slash pockets underneath those flaps.

There was this little strip of lining material, just visible under the flap, which needed to be removed...



Unfortunately, this little strip of material was not just put there to protect the underlying tweed from pens and such. It was actually there to cover up an unfinished cut in the fabric (purpose unknown, but probably some tailoring trick)...



So, I sewed the strip of material back on...



And managed to make my first blood sacrifice (probably because of the vodka tonic I had been drinking)...



So, I decided I was done for this session. I've looked over my scraps and am pretty sure I'll be able to piece together some reduced size patch pockets, but here's the almost finished piece of work. Remember that Panache's father has shorter arms and torso than he does.



I'll post the pocket construction when it happens (probably on Thursday, the 20th).

Be well,