Double Period Projet 1812 / 1912

Making progress with the frockcoat.  Pockets have been inserted in the frockcoat's skirts.  I used the style of the coat skirts from RHF with the TG's pattern.  They came out a bit straighter and not so rounded which I found to be much more appealing to me.

In the above picture, the tobacco brown is very dark, but you can see the pockets.

I mentioned before, that I really liked the instructions provided with the TG's pattern. There is a lot of hand stitching required for this pattern.  I didn't cheat and use a sewing machine.  I did the required stitching.

I used a light weight black linen for the lining. It is pinned and ready to be hand stitched.

Above is my first and second attempt at pad stitching, Although it actually works, the collar is turning in the upper pattern piece.  I actually recut the collar and lining and did not use the pad stitched verison.

My stitches kept coming through the material and you could see them on the under side of the collar.

I guess that I have to do a better job the next time with my pad stitching.

I had to label the sleeve and sleeve linings to keep them straight. I initially pinned the wrong lining sleeve into the wrong sleeve.  So unpinned and labeled each piece to ensure I was doing it correctly.

Sleeve are done, ta da!  Now I get to add the cuffs.

The almost finished product.  I like it.

The M notch collar is not as pronounced as I would have liked, but it is there.

Buttons have to be sewn on, the coat has to be pressed. More hand stitching, I plan to pick stitch all of the edges to keep the lining from rolling to the outside.  I had resew the coat sleeves twice before I could live with them.