Yep... while I still have my buddies PC here as a model, I thought I'd give jacket conversion a try on Sunday.
After looking over some great posts here on this site as well as This Site I spent some time kilted, looking in a mirror and scratching my head, untill finally getting up the nerve and grabbing a marking pencil to commit to the project.
At this point I've marked a rough cutaway and deciding where the flair would terminate at the bottom of the jacket. I used a chalk wheel marker along with a caliper to maintain an even line around the sides and back of the jacket.
With the final finished line chalked, I ran a basting stitch 2 inches inside of the final mark, just to keep the lining in place and in alignment. ( It helped out a lot later in the process having done this before making any cuts to the original jacket.)
Next was marking the hem line.
...and this is the very back of the coat where I was deciding on tails, or no tails. So after a coin flip... heads lost and TAILS won.
On to seam ripping the pockets off.
Pocket #2 gave me an unwelcomed suprize. This jacket had been prepped for an inside coin pocket, that was never opened on the lining side.
However...all the infrastructure was still there and burried, just waiting to be finished off. Under that light grey strip of fusing is a slit in the jacket.
That changed my plans for no pockets and just pocket flaps. I would now need to make short pockets and have less surplus material to work with later on.
With the pockets off... It's time to take scissors in hand and have at it.
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