pattern for a Sheriffmuir and vest

[Mac Ghille Sheathanaich]

Greetings all, 23 February, 909 pmMST

Can anyone point me in a direction toward sewing patterns for the Sheiffmuir Doublet and vest?

Fide et Fortitudine, aye!

T.

[Phil]

I very much doubt if there is any pattern that is commercially available. Sheriffmuir type jackets used to be bespoke items from specialist tailors and most are made nowadays by manufacturers supplying the highlandwear trade who are unlikely to give their patterns to the opposition.
It is not a very complicated jacket, the only features being the tashes and gauntlet cuffs and because it is worn open, fitting should not be a problem apart from across the shoulders. I am sure there will be someone here who has made one and can help.

[Mac Ghille Sheathanaich]

Thanks Brother! I'll keep the front porch light on thru the night, in hopes that someone will pop up with some more clues.

Regards aye,

T.

[MacLowlife]

I expect you can find a colonial dress uniform coat that will give you the pattern for the cutaway effect at the front. Chances are, you will be better off with a "Nehru" style jacket, though, to get the collar right. In the end you are going to have to look at as many examples as you can find and make your own way . I apologize for stating this obvious fact. The reenactors' suppliers may have a jacket that is close in its closure and you can find patterns for tashes in a PC pattern.. I wish I had one to send you.

[Dukeof Kircaldy]

The sherrifmuir doesn't have a "closure" as it's worn open fronted.

Your best bet would be to have someone look at pics of them and be able to duplicate the cut. Even better if you knew someone who had one you could "reverse engineer". In fact, you can probably come up with a neater version if you designed it yourself (Ancienne Alliance has a neat doublet his wife made him).

The waistcoat is a regular waistcoat, which makes that an easy task. I have four that I use: three tartan and a regular black barathea argyll one that I bought from Rocky at USA Kilts (I'll give him the plug).

I picked up my sheriffmuir used on ebay and like it a lot.

[Dukeof Kircaldy]

You may want to look at these posts for ideas as well:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...647/index.html

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/j...294/index.html

Here I am in my doublet:

[Hothir Ethelnor]

I am making a Sheriffmuir from scratch you can see the thread here. I haven't finished mine yet but it's on it's way. You can see the pattern I adapted for it .

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...647/index.html

[Dukeof Kircaldy]

Hothir's post is the first one I mentioned and it's worth a look.

I'll reiterate what MacMillan of Rathdown Said in one of his comments:
The bottom of the waistcoat needs to line up exactly with the bottom of the jacket-- this is critical in making the two pieces work as if they are a single garment.

The real trick isn't so much the pattern as getting the correct length for the garment. As I said in some posts about mine: I found it on eBay and am fortunate that I am of "average" build. That means I can do pretty well "off the peg".

Good luck in your project: especially since you tell me you are a kiltmaker. Doing these as custom pieces would be a nice addition to your product line.

[okiwen]

I can imagine that "somewhere out there" is a pattern for a coat such as this. I would be very interested.