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Author Topic: i know its suade but it's still pretty  (Read 13170 times)

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Re: i know its suade but it's still pretty
« Reply #15 on: 2010-11-11, 14:38:27 »
you can always take surcoats in. there not that hard even to make too. :)

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Re: i know its suade but it's still pretty
« Reply #16 on: 2010-11-11, 15:03:44 »
They are easy to make.  I made mine with little more than an antique sewing machine, some half-forgotten tips from a home-ec class they made us take 25 years ago, and operating skills more suited to a bandsaw than a sewing machine!
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Re: i know its suade but it's still pretty
« Reply #17 on: 2010-11-11, 15:26:33 »

Yep, I don't even use a pattern. I throw mine together in a few hours, using my previous ones as the template.
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