VMI New Market Uniform- Part 3

Ignoring the long delay between the last post and this one, I'm back to finishing up the VMI uniform. This will finish up the jacket, leaving just the cap and haversack to be completed.


The first step in this jacket is the padding on the inside. This is basted down to an interlining:

This is then itself basted down onto the main body pieces, which were quickly put together. The body consists of four pieces, making it pretty simple to put together.

Before attaching the lining, the collar is put onto the body. Like most military jackets of the time, it's a simple four piece collar, with a basic interlining:

The lining for the jacket is the fabric of the main body: a mixed blue-grey jean. There's a welt pocket on the inside left, but otherwise the inside is plain, without quilting.

The lining is pretty odd in that it only extends partly over the body. The lining doesn't cover the back body pieces, and misses a small portion of the front body pieces, which the picture shows below:

 With the lining put in, the body is mostly complete. The only other thing to add is buttonholes, of which there are five.

 The sleeves themselves aren't notable in any way. They're basic two pieces sleeves lined with osnaburg. No cuffs, buttons or trim on them.

With that, the jacket is complete. Once the entire impression is complete, I'll show off all the various components. Until then, I'll be working on finishing the cap and haversack, before moving onto other, very interesting projects, including an entire 146th New York uniform.