Well after playing with curves friday, i went for it saturday, and once you let the scissors make that first cut, there's only 2 choices, forward or the trash can...

Sadly the engineer in me won out... lol

So far have ripped the seams on the and pinned them out of the way... basted a line for the finished edge... cut the bottom edge, the curves collar... basted the curves etc for pressing... ripped the sleeve lining and the cuffs at lunchtime, and plan on lengthening and basting those tonight...

The jacket that i got from ebay was supposed to be 44L (apparently someone was outbidding me on all the ones i went after that were harris tweed) but looks more like a 42 regular, which may actually be a benefit the L fitting would have given me more fabric to play with for the cuffs and have avoided.me having to lengthen the sleeves, but... i'd have had to deal with the pockets... since it's regular they're higher... and since the lining is ripped at the moment shortening the actual pocket inside wont be a problem...

I'll take some.work in progress pics tonight... still have to decide whether to try and hand sew it back together, or try and borrow a machine...