Jacket Conversion, how difficult?

[jmercier]

I did a jacket conversion, having never sewn before in my life, and it took me a few hours and a lot of stabbing my finger, but it came out fine. I'd make sure you start with a jacket with sewn-on pockets rather than slit-pockets, unless the slits happen to be below the line where you're cutting the jacket down.

[piperdbh]

I've had three conversions done, and had all of them done by someone else. I paid $36 to have a $5 Goodwill tweed jacket cut down, and it took about a week and half to get it back from the local alteration shop. It might be worth having a pro do it, but you're in good hands following the F.-H.C.A.G.'s advice, too.