So you want to update your shirt or uniform of the Civil War, but you do not know where to start’ What kind of equipment you use, if you use metal, porcelain or buttons, if you have a collar of his shirt, on which the dolls – how many centimeters is assumed that, hand on the knob of holes where you should put the pocket of your shirt, Ahhhhh!
For questions about the Civil War uniform shirt authentic are answered in this article remain the shirt and answered in 101 Tips for authentic uniform jacket during the Civil War
Here are some tips to make your Civil War uniform shirt authentic:
4′ For starters, you can buy a shirt that has been done, the machine buttonholes and modification of the buttonholes to make it more authentic’ Take a ripper and choose buttonholes and hand’
5′ I would like to raise your hand and redo all exposed sewing machines’ Someone can show how in 15 minutes’ You should have about 6-7 points per inch’ Just increase the value of the shirt and the most authentic’
32′ “The bags are sewn in most shirts and not everyone in the army gave the shirts’ Pesado shirt had a pocket or two’ The bags are generally lower in T-shirts and big breasts that the pockets of the shirts today ‘
33′ The buttons are metal, wood or bone, sometimes, or trade in other products such as glass or ceramic’ For troops in the south, different styles
buttons can be used, including episodes of wood, bone, or even acorns’ You can use dental floss to tie, but make sure that materials are not visible’
38′ Battle shirts are a little controversial’ Some men, especially in the beginning of the war the troops of the south, had a great shirt or tunic instead of a uniform coat of wool’ Performed over a
regular shirt, but it was not as heavy or bulky as the coat of wool’ Before the fight to obtain a shirt, make sure it is documented in the history of the regiment, as they are not typical and are controversial’
39′ Wives in the civil war, uniform shirts varied, provided that all other parties we have discussed’ Wives can be added using the material of the shirt or a different color or material’ Most of the faces were approximately 2 inches wide’
41′ Then you get some good buttons’ Stay away from buttons and new plastic’ Go with glass, bone, shell, metal, porcelain, 2-hole cat-eye or Mother of Pearl’
Metal buttons are real, but have the potential to rust and stain your fabric’
45′ Some had shirts button collar, and many were collarless shirts’ Echoes: The Confederation of September on the shirts pgs’ 154-155, and each has a collar’ Pvt’ John Starr Burgwyn MacRae of North Carolina is a dark blue shirt, wool jersey, while below collarless Pvt’ Andrew Thomas Beam, 28 in South Carolina is a volunteer with a white cotton shirt collar square is edged with the same color and material’
50′ My rule of thumb that make me a uniform of the civil war that saw a photograph or an original museum’ Note: what is in the museum is only the smallest tip of the iceberg, because there are very few items that are out of real war’ The vast majority of clothing is original, long gone’ Some of these fabrics and colors can be seen in very old quilts as all reused’
53′ Note the different collars, buttons and fabrics, color combinations’ Personally, I do not like the color of the shirts’ I like something with a little color to it’ These shirts have buttons on the original glass in them’ I prefer the shirt buttons of glass, because I like to match the color combinations’
55′ Maintain 100% wool and cotton to 100%’ Make sure this is a good note, as the house’ If you take the time and energy to make his own shirt, buy something high quality that will last’ The price of the shirt material is negligible compared with the time and energy you will’
70′ Part of the original buttons are still available and affordable, if you want’ You can find anywhere from one to three dollars’ You might even want to go wrong in a set – one or two joints of State and the remaining buttons’