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    hope to do a Jacket conversion

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    Hello folks, I think I found a good candidate for a conversion to a kilt jacket. it is 50 % wool & 50 % lambs wool made by Stafford for $7.00 at a thrift store. I pined it up hoping to see how it would look about 5 inches shorter. I did see that Kinloch Anderson has kilt jackets that would turn out very similar to this one if I just rounded the front shortened it a few inches.

    http://www.kinlochanderson.com/kilt-...y-kilt-jackets

    I am trying to decide what would look better or if it is a good idea at all.

    What do you guys think?

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    Does it have a single or a double vent?

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    I have done three jacket conversions from thrift store jackets and I have never been sorry. Your jacket looks like an excellent candidate.
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    A single vent.

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    Looks like a nice jacket. I've done several conversions, and if I can do them, anybody can, because I'm kind of a moron. Give it a go

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    Pockets look back far enough to be usable and the buttons high enough. Im using a similar houndstooth tweed to make my dad a vest. Hope it works out well.
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    I say give'r. The jacket has a great pattern and for $7, you've got (almost) nothing to lose. If you somehow really mess it up, you can use that experience on your next one.
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    Should be good.

    I know that it is just pinned up to see the effect, so the photo is not as it will be done, but do make the front curve as smooth and rounded as possible for best effect. That looks to be a very nice jacket.

    Anne the Pleater :ootd:

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