Maybe you DIY guys and gals can give me some advice.

The cold weather has me digging out my old Grand Illusions replica U.S. Cavalry Civil War era greatcoat.

I'm thinking it might be able to serve as an Inverness Cape if I just removed the sleeves.

But I fear it would look more like a "stupid" sleeveless greatcoat than an Inverness Cape. Yet I know the DIY crew converts a variety of jackets into kilt jackets. Maybe...just maybe...a greatcoat into an Inverness Cape.

You can see in this pic how long the cape on the greatcoat is.

Ideas, suggestions appreciated - if any. I'm clueless, ambitious, and fearful.



Ron