DIY Regulation Doublet

**kevinkinney** · 8th January 08, 12:44 PM

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**thescot** · 8th January 08, 12:48 PM

Man that is cool. Keep us posted.

BTW--where'd you get the buttons?

**kevinkinney** · 8th January 08, 01:06 PM

Ebay buttons......3 sets just to be sure.

Kevin.

**Panache** · 8th January 08, 01:07 PM

Excellent work!

Cheers

Jamie

**David Dalglish** · 8th January 08, 01:48 PM

Looking good

**McMurdo** · 8th January 08, 02:20 PM

Looks great thus far.

**James MacMillan** · 8th January 08, 06:13 PM

The tallent among the rabble is amazing. Good job.

**ChattanCat** · 8th January 08, 07:09 PM

Kevin, That looks really well made. How did you sew on the paracord?

**O'Neille** · 8th January 08, 07:30 PM

Cool, be sure to post a pic of it being worn sometime.

**kevinkinney** · 8th January 08, 07:49 PM

Howdy again,

Thanks for the compliments!

for the parachute cord, I used a medium width presser foot on one of our tailoring machines, ordinary poly/poly wrapped thread from the store, and 12 stitches per inch. I ran down one side of the cord, then up the other edge. The thread is barely visible. The seams, panels, and reinforced patches for the button holes are all stitched at 10 stitches per inch. On both the top flaps and the adjacent but slightly larger ones underneath, I stitched the edges just shy of 1/4", turned them, ironed them, then dropped the nylon panels inside. The lower/underneath flap has a basting stitch 1" in from the edge, and the upper flap has the piping sewn through all the layers.

I'd elaborate more, but my spell check has to drink heavily enough to recover from an evening of my typing. I'll do a more thorough photo essay on my next project.

Cheers,

Kevin.