My pirate friends have come to me again, this time with his first pre-made "off the rack" (so to speak, bought at ren faire) and he has decided that he wants me to make lapels, a matching mandarin collar, MUCH bigger cuffs (they were extremely narrow), and a tab on the back.
He picked out thick jet black upholstery-grade linen, which really looks great on the coat. The other coat has lapels made from a similar-looking fabric, except it was man-made. This stuff is really nice to work with.
It took me a while to figure out how wide I could make the cuffs without it being too wide in proportion to the narrow wrist edge of the coat. Also had to knock off a number of inches from the bottom which connects to the wrist edge - the original pattern was made for a hole like 2x that size or more. Finally got it in proportion to the opening, and even added the gold zig-zag faux button hole stitching on it and put on the buttons.
Now all I have to do is mark the placement lines on the remaining cuff and both lapels, sew using the gold thread, place the buttons, and baste and sew on the double-wide bias tape. Can't wait to finish! This project has been running too long, but work and other obligations got into the way.
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