RE: MtMan-List: MtMan clothing

[Pat Quilter <pat_quilter@qscaudio.com>]

I have always sewed my own leather clothing, due to the relative courseness
of stitching and a general desire to get on with it. I have so far purchased
all my wool and linen garments (shirts and capotes). 
  At the risk of covering ground you may be familiar with, one reason I do
my own leather clothes is to gain more control over where the thick and thin
parts of each hide get used. I also select hides carefully to avoid cuts or
damage in the critical wear areas. In addition to the adage "wear the hide
in the direction the original owner wore it", I have found that putting the
thick parts on the wear points (seat, front of knees, etc) and the thin
parts on the bending parts (back of knees, elbows) gives a more comfortable
and serviceable garment, although it sometimes precludes using every square
inch of a hide. The legs of pants seem to work out pretty well by running
the deer's spine (thicker part) down the front of the legs, wrapping the
thinner part behind the knee, and somehow, I've managed to pull a thick part
of the shoulder around to the seat, or used a separate, thick part. It is
distressing to have a garment give way prematurely because of a thin or
damaged spot in a critical area. 
   I'll tell you what -- it may seem mundane, but I have trouble finding
good, serviceable moccasins and durable ones are fairly hard to make. I
gather that mocassins were fairly expendable in the old days, but the
pattern still matters, in how it keeps out stones and sand, etc. 
Pat Quilter

-----Original Message-----
From: Amoore2120@aol.com [mailto:Amoore2120@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 1998 11:52 AM
To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com
Subject: MtMan-List: MtMan clothing


	. . . just curious, do the majority of present day MtMen sew or
purchase your
replica MtMan clothing?  Which pieces, specifically, do you sew and/or
regularly purchase?
	 
Thank you.

Regards,
Andrea Moore, Sewing Designer   Sewing Design Company
Amoore2120@aol.com