I first posted the beginnings of this as The True Cost of a PC Conversion http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=27695
Strictly speaking it is a Brian Boru jacket as we used a shawl collar tail coat from myowntuxedo.com. It's billed as navy blue, but it is the darkest navy that I have seen and is basically black.
Now it's completed and ready to go to the cleaners for a final pressing. Jude did a fantastic job on this, it's great to have a seamstress on hand. She basically followed the directions from cacunn's conversion for the jacket. http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=26651
First step was to unpick the tails, saving as much material as possible, and cut the new back flaps. We were unable to find a matching liner fabric but since the lining is only visible in the tails when worn don't think it's a problem.
The saved material from the tails was used to make a matching vest, using the Folkwear pattern.
Buttons came from Three Feathers Pewter. These are three views of the finished product:
So all I need now is an occasion to wear it - probably at a friend's daughter's wedding at the end of June.
Brian
Originally Posted by Panache
I now know where to go when I do my next conversion.
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