Help with promenade jacket pattern...

[madamemodiste]

Has anyone worked with the free patterns from Tudorlinks.com? Particularly, this one:

http://www.tudorlinks.com/treasury/freepatterns/pe187604wpromjackpatt.html



It is just what I need, but I've never worked with a pattern I didn't cut out in "my" size. How do you enlarge and get the curvatures right? Is there a trick, or do you just guesstimate? I don't see anywhere when it might mention what size the "original" pattern is, so I don't know if it's waay too small or waay too big. I suppose, unless someone has already worked with this one, I'll have to make a muslin and find out!

Does the collar look to you like the collar for the TV 405 1872 Vest Basque? Without instructions, I'm lost, so I need all the help I can get!! If it does, then I can use the instructions from that pattern to help me put on the collar.

I appreciate any tips and tricks!

I plan to make it of black wool (if I can find any at Joann's) and a brainvelvet edge trim, and line it with some quilted satin. This will go over the brocade gown I recently made :)

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And thank you for the previous help with the hat question I had!!!

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[madamekat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's the advice I've been given over at the Belle Alley, too. You know your stuff, Lady! I went out to look for wool today (none, of course, because on Feb 1st, all one can find are "new spring linen and suitings". Grrr. Even the clearance section yielded nothing. I'm going to make it out of the black cotton velveteen I have that was earmarked for anther dress as I can always get more of that. I got some quilted cotton backed with batting for interlining warmth!

And I totally forgot to pick up the muslin for my mock up!! *head desk*