Horrible. Do not waist your money. I was never able to get it to work. The pieces are still in a pile on the floor.
Rated 3 out of 5
Cathy Raymond –
I was unusually lucky. Despite my total lack of male tailoring experience, I actually got this coat to fit my husband pretty well from shoulder to waist. Even the sleeves came out fine. The fit below the waist was a nightmare. The skirts hang on him in bizarre shapes; like something out of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. The muslin I prepared gave no clue that is would be an issue. If I hadn’t read the reviews of Old World Patterns on the Great Pattern Review, I would have assumed my inexperience was to blame.
Rated 5 out of 5
Thea Kuziemski –
I would not recommend it to anyone. The instructions are appalling and the pieces don’t fit right. I tried to make this pattern for one of my first commissioned pieces. It ended up being a 3 month delay and I did it only for the cost of the materials. The only way I ever finished the project was to throw the instructions away and let my creativity take over. (Besides, aren’t 1830’s trousers supposed to be broadfall, not fly button?) So overall, the instructions are a pain and it is not period correct.
Lorraine Carson –
Horrible. Do not waist your money. I was never able to get it to work. The pieces are still in a pile on the floor.
Cathy Raymond –
I was unusually lucky. Despite my total lack of male tailoring experience, I actually got this coat to fit my husband pretty well from shoulder to waist. Even the sleeves came out fine. The fit below the waist was a nightmare. The skirts hang on him in bizarre shapes; like something out of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. The muslin I prepared gave no clue that is would be an issue. If I hadn’t read the reviews of Old World Patterns on the Great Pattern Review, I would have assumed my inexperience was to blame.
Thea Kuziemski –
I would not recommend it to anyone. The instructions are appalling and the pieces don’t fit right. I tried to make this pattern for one of my first commissioned pieces. It ended up being a 3 month delay and I did it only for the cost of the materials. The only way I ever finished the project was to throw the instructions away and let my creativity take over. (Besides, aren’t 1830’s trousers supposed to be broadfall, not fly button?) So overall, the instructions are a pain and it is not period correct.