Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

Take one old jacket and an ancient felt hat, found in the back of the cupboard at school. Add some white fabric, some gold lame, a few bits of braid, and a length of lace from The Great Stash plus some feathers.

First - Remove the wire from the brim of the hat, tack it up in three places to make a tricorn, and add some gold trim.

Then wire some of the feathers together [using the wire just removed from the brim] to make a longer feather. Sew in place

Second - Sew some lace to one edge of a rectangle of white fabric. Gather the other edge, and sew onto a band 2cm x 40cm. Add press studs. This will make a frilled jabot.

Then make some gold lame cuffs for the jacket and trim the collar and lapels with more gold braid.

 

Voila! an outfit for the Town Crier.

I spent yesterday afternoon with a Teaching Assistant, sorting out the costumes, and I know we have plenty of knickerbockers in the cupboard. I shall let the boy playing the Town Crier choose which ones he wants to wear.

We decided more hats were needed, so I also ran up a half dozen more felt'n'feather ones - but not in Lincoln Green this time - used up more felt from The Great Stash. [which, as Bob pointed out, never seems to get any smaller, no matter how much I use up!]