It's starting to become a coat again. The project to refurbish my 1770s broadcloth coat to make it more historically accurate is progressing nicely and the (mostly) unlined body is complete.In my last post, I had just finished attaching the buttons and sewing the button holes on the front panels. Since then, I have sewn new pockets and attached them, lined the skirts of the back panels with China silk, sewn hooks and eyes in place to close the front, and attached the front panels to the backs completing the torso of the coat.
I've also cut all the visible lining in China silk. Most surviving coats are either lined with either silk or some form of worsted in the visible parts and some form of cheap fabric in the back. This is the first time that I've worked with China silk and it is very interesting. The stuff is slippy to no belief so it makes tracing, cutting, and pinning a frustrating adventure. It's a very flexible fabric though, so maneuvering it in place is fairly simple.
Next up, I will line and attach the sleeve cuffs, and attach the sleeves. Then it will be time to do the cape (collar).
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