It is possible but only if you are very icky. I have been...2x. The first time was for a small man (wore a 36 short) and i found a sack coat in a 52 long which had enough fabric when i picked it out, to do everything i wanted with it. the second time was equally dumb luck. I found a set of five chocolate brown velvet jackets in a multitude of sizes that must have belonged to a singingroup in the 60s and managed to pull a frockcoat for a man who was a 40 regular out of them. Sometimes tuxedo rent places sell off thier out of fashion stuff . -----Original Message----- Date: Friday, November 04, 2011 9:18:06 am To: h-cost...@indra.com From: "seamst...@juno.com" <seamst...@juno.com> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Converting a Sack Style Men's Dress Coat to a Frock Style Men's Dress Coat
I am assuming that you mean a Victorian Frock coat (as opposed to an 18th century American hunting frock). I would think that it would be very difficult to do such a conversion due to the significant differences in basic pattern between the two. For one, a sack suit generally isn't as long in the 'skirts' as a frock coat so I don't know where the extra fabric would come from. Also, there are pleats (small but definitely there) which fall from the waist of the frock which have no counter part in a sack suit. Honestly, I'd just shop around for a good sale on wool (try Denver Fabrics or Fabric.com on line) and make him one from scratch. Of course there might be someone else with a better understanding of this sort of thing who could give you better advice so this could be a learning experience for both of us! KarenSeamstrix ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Angelique Carlson <subversivey...@me.com> To: "h-cost...@indra.com" <h-cost...@indra.com> Subject: [h-cost] Converting a Sack Style Men's _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
