I'm just going to toss this idea out to you.. I havent the foggiest if its
up your alley.. Folkwear Patterns. www.folkwear.com
It just seems that you are looking for something a little out of the
ordinary, and the basic pattern companys arent doing it for you. I hope this
helps. If not, at least I got to put the word out to others. I like their
patterns. :-)
Diana

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"Trishty" wrote in message
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On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 15:16:59 GMT, duh who wrote:

I can do shirts. Haven't done a coat or jacket yet. That's what
concerns
me. snip


Vogue 2613 is a nice coat pattern if you fancy a classic overcoat. Once
you
got the hang of that, you could extrapolate from it, using PMTM. I've
never
seen a trenchcoat pattern - could you use a womens pattern and swap the
fronts, or would that be too weird? Come to think of it, aren't
Burberrys
unisex? You button it one way or the other according to gender.

I'm not looking for an overcoat (which I term to be one of those
knee-length
P-coats). I'm looking for a waist length coat that will be insulated.
I'm
wanting to do a mandarin style.

Perhaps the pattern you mention might still help me.


Mens tailored wear is also very structured compared with womenswear and
may
use techniques like pad stitching, which are pretty advanced - I think
Kate
has a demo of that on her website. Most men who learn to sew tailored
garments that well are doing it for a living.

Well, I"m not looking to do a dress coat, per se. Just a more form
fitting
coat for warmth and knock around.

I learned how coats were constructed by taking old ones apart - many of
my
thrift-store coats were mens, as it happens. I've always worn menswear,
as
mens RTW is often higher quality than womenswear.

I'll have to look into that.