Video: Making a Sherlock Holmes Inverness Coat

SOURCES:

The Keystone Guide to Jacket and Dress Cutting: https://archive.org/details/keystonejacketdr00heck/page/32

MATERIALS USED:

Wool tartan: Fabrics & Fabrics, NYC (approx 5 yd)

Silesia lining: Bias Bespoke (approx. 3.5 yd) (https://www.biasbespoke.com/cart.php?target=product&product_id=94&category_id=40)

Silk cape lining: Bazaar Fabrics, NYC (1 yd)

Silk sleeve lining: Noelle (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGfIQhkqB_CMTW7wVGYSz_A)

Tailor’s canvas: Steinlauf & Stoller, NYC

Red silk buttonhole twist: Sil Thread, NYC

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MUSIC CREDITS

“The Forgotten Memories” Luella Gren, Epidemicsound.com

“Lily’s Dance” Million Eyes, epidemicsound.com

“The Mercy of the Wind” Million Eyes, Epidemicsound.com