Converting a sportcoat to a Crail jacket

**SingleBarrelBourbon** · 20th December 08, 03:11 PM

This morning my lovely and very talented wife began to convert one of my older sportcoats to a Crail. It was a navy blue jacket that is a GREAT match for my new USA Kilts US Navy tartan semitrad from Rocky (that's another story on good service).

My lovely wife will be finished as soon as the epaullets are attached. She will be proudly at my side, as I am kilted, when we attend church services tomorrow morning.

Photos will be posted by Monday evening showing off the new kilt and Crail.

**Carolina Kiltman** · 20th December 08, 07:45 PM

Wonderful. I just finished a similar job with a sport coat I scored from Salvation Army for $3.78. I intend to post pictures as soon as I can get them taken. I am looking forward to seeing yours!

**Bugbear** · 20th December 08, 07:49 PM

Congratulations, that sounds great.

**Fougasse** · 20th December 08, 11:26 PM

Can't wait to see pics on Monday. I just picked up a genuine Harris Tweed jacket for $7.50 which will be my first conversion attempt. By the way, Ted, it feels very different to everything else that was on the racks at my local thrift store.

**SingleBarrelBourbon** · 21st December 08, 01:22 PM

Here are a few photos of my "new" Crail.

http://s537.photobucket.com/albums/f...DSCN1184_2.jpg

The jacket

http://s537.photobucket.com/albums/f...e=DSCN1186.jpg
The button pattern used to replace the generic gold buttons.

http://s537.photobucket.com/albums/f...e=DSCN1180.jpg

Front view with US Navy tartan. (sorry jacket was not on straight)

http://s537.photobucket.com/albums/f...e=DSCN1181.jpg

Rear view with US Navy tartan

http://s537.photobucket.com/albums/f...e=DSCN1182.jpg
Side view with pleat shot

http://s537.photobucket.com/albums/f...e=DSCN1177.jpg

With my wingman Honeybuns (there's a story to that name)

http://s537.photobucket.com/albums/f...e=DSCN1178.jpg

With my lovely wife, Dorothy, who put in the time to convert the sportcoat to a Crail. All in all she said it took her between 2 and 3 hours. She is a very accomplished seamstress and tailor.

**SingleBarrelBourbon** · 21st December 08, 01:43 PM

Sorry, don't know why the photos did not post correctly when the system made the edit from url to img.

**McMurdo** · 21st December 08, 01:45 PM

I tried the same thing I'm not sure why either, I'd just go back to the URL coding

**SingleBarrelBourbon** · 21st December 08, 01:52 PM

Edited back to url to show photos.

**Panache** · 21st December 08, 02:38 PM

Nive job on the conversion.

I like that you kept it simple.

Looking good

Cheers

Jamie

**SingleBarrelBourbon** · 21st December 08, 02:45 PM

Jamie,

Thank you. It was all due to the skill of my lovely wife. The only questions she had were answered by the posting of the Braemar conversion done by F-H.C.A.G.

I think we are both lucky to have wives that skilled.