Got the easy stuff out of the way -- sewed on epaulettes. Used these little faux cuffs that came off ends of sleeves. Many thanks to The F-HCAG (sp?) for her pioneering work in this area!


Used a seam ripper to open up a little of the shoulder seam at top, same width as the epaulette.


Fed the raw end into the gap, measured to same length as the ones on sample PC (4 - 7/8 in.).


Folded epaulette away from jacket and sewed the underside of epaulette to body side of shoulder seam.


Folded epaulette into position and sewed top side of epaulette to sleeve side of shoulder seam. Started and ended with a few close stitches across the gap, to keep shoulder seam from opening up any further.


Et voila! Epaulette!


Buttons will all be sewn on at the end of the project. More to come!