This fusilier coat will be the death of me. With all the hooking and unhooking, rotating, and overall tightness, large hunks of plastic started falling out of my sewing form. The top of the neck opening is no longer straight. Hopefully, it will all hold together. At the end of the 18th-century, British enlisted men’s […]
Read more "Faux Pocket Flaps"English regimental coat collars in this period mimic the lapels in construction. Here is the under collar attached to the coat with the seam pressed open. The lining and interfacing peek in at the bottom. As with armholes and sleeves, the neck opening of the coat has to be the same length as the long […]
Read more "Collar"There are a couple ways to make a rectangle pattern loop and the 7th Regiment’s is the hard way. The larger of the two loops requires 8 3/4″ of lace (the smaller is around 8″.) Here are two of the larger pieces ready to be folded. Only one line of stitching holds these things together, […]
Read more "Fusilier Lace"The 18th-century British army LOVED lace. Musicians were practically wrapped in the stuff. The 1768 Lace Book at Windsor Castle documents the official pattern of each regiment on a sample of the coat facing cloth. Roy Najecki was kind enough to document it on his website. Of course, some period paintings show different lace than […]
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