Tweed jacket conversion - starting point

**Panache** · 18th January 07, 03:10 PM

Brian,

The jacket looks like a good candidate for a conversion. On the back does it have one center vent or two side ones?

My jacket had pockets just like like, don't worry about them not being patch pockets.

What you will need to do is sew those pockets shut. You then need to move the flaps up so that the bottom edge of the flap covers the sewn shut opening by a 1/2" or so. The pocket is no longer functional but now appears higher up on the jacket. This is fine since you have the inner pockets and a sporran for carrying stuff.

Cheers

**JimB** · 18th January 07, 03:28 PM

I think it's a great candidate for a conversion.
Why wait though? You won't be adjusting the size, only the length. Convert it now while you're waiting for the weight loss.
Be sure to post the results.

**Avonlea22** · 18th January 07, 03:33 PM

Originally Posted by Panache

Brian,

On the back does it have one center vent or two side ones?

It has one. Is that good?

**Panache** · 18th January 07, 04:10 PM

Originally Posted by Avonlea22

It has one. Is that good?

The two on the side is ideal. But Walkerk just had one done with the single center sem and it still looked pretty good.

Cheers

**bunchdescendant** · 18th January 07, 06:09 PM

(voice of The Simpson's Mr. Burns)

"Excellent jacket!"

Depending on how the vent is constructed, you may be able to close it, but I would defer that judgement call to the others that have done this before.

Ray