The 76th Independent Battalion (part 8)
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Good Morning from Tennessee...FFG and Magda... I hear your concern about pants/striping... I check with our locally meager supply of sewing bits and pieces..(oh, I do NOT sew..allergic!).. very little in the way of pre-made tapes and things; closest I could find (and I was starting to get all twitchy and itchy as I really, really don't sew..and the close contact with piles of fabrics, threads and things were making me nervous)..was some grosgrain(sp?) ribbon of about a 1" width in dark brown. I'm also a bit particular about pants...women built differently than men and all; I believe under "fashionably brown" in the the FFF Marketplace...there is a costume thread that shows a few options on Zoe pants that are basically tan stretch jeans. I'm seeing on our Web site that the 'preferred' pants are from the old west outfitters, but I hope there's a little flexibility there as I don't think "man-pants" would work too well for me. (Plus..the hemming...that would require sewing, too; altho even in my neck of rural Tenn. I think I could find a tailor to do that; it's just the fit I worry about). Anyway..I'm sure our magnificent Col. Tristan will have some thoughts on that.
My thought (as a private..wearing uniform "B") was that since I'll have a tunic with the vest on the outside, the pants wouldn't matter quite so much as the waist area would be pretty covered up so jeans might be okay..Please respond if you think differently.
Now..as to boots for us women soldiers, I've done a little research and will have some ideas once I get a shipment from Zappos (great on-line store; ya get free shipping in both directions if you don't like the boots!) I do have tall Harley motorcycle boots but they are black and have two very visible zippers..and I guess the intent is to wear the pants inside the boots, yes? so a wider calf might be necessary for some. Also on the same costume thread as mentioned above, they refer to some basic, brown cowboy-style boots. I've looked around and Frye seems to make a few (pricey, tho) that could also work.
In the pictures from the series we're using as guides, it appears that after some time the boots were wrapped with straps, rags, etc...but we're going as a relatively 'new' battalion so I'm thinking either a plain-shafted brown boot or one with actual straps?
I think this is my longest post, ever; but as our anticipated holiday guests are not coming, now due to the Denver blizzard I've got some time on my hands!
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Afternoon, all.
Tha holidays approach, and I am just online for a little while.
Naughtyman, yes, the Colonel WOULD mind if a Private reported in as a General. 
Now, if you meant something like "Greetings! I am a "general" naughty man", that would be alright.
Sister, let me address your concerns first.
I realize women and men are built differently. As a costumer, I have had to find this out the hard way sometimes. However, the pants that have been chosen will work for both male and females. I did a search on the Wild West Mecantile site, found Women's clothing ( http://www.wwmerc.com/cgi-bin/Category.cgi?category=4000&type=store), Trousers ( http://www.wwmerc.com/cgi-bin/Category.cgi?category=4140&type=store), and clicked on the Frontier Classics Trousers ( http://www.wwmerc.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?item=CM83&type=store&catego
ry=4140). Turns out they are the same thing as the link in the first post ( http://www.wwmerc.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?item=CM83&type=store&catego
ry=3930)
except that the "store&category" number is different. I am not sure if there is a difference, but if the females would be interested in ordering using that Category number, fell free to do so! 
Jeans, even dyed jeans, would not have the same look as these type of pants.
The boots...we are trying to stick to brown boots, again for uniformity's sake. There are a few links to lace-up style boots in the first post, and all of them are brown. We are not saying you HAVE to purchase those boots, but that is the style we are aiming for. Slip-on style boots would also work, but we would prefer not to have the square-toed Engineer look nor the tooled-leather cowboy look. If anyone can find a good link to a simple, good-looking brown slip-on style boot, please email it to me so I can check it out and possibly post it as an alternate footwear. Also, if you have a pair of boots that you would like to wear, please email me a photo so I can see what they look like.
FFG, about the brown stripe...that is something I was eventually going to get to, but as it has been brought up, I am realtively open for suggestions. The stripe I used on my Mal pants is a 1" wide grosgrain iron-on ribbon that I stitched down once it was in place. The reason for the iron-on part was to keep it in place while sewing...I have discovered that it is a pain to either pin ribbon, or try to keep it in line while sewing it on...the stickiness helps.
We have at least three types of pants to choose from, so you are right in suggesting using the same color brown stripe for all. I will look in the local fabric stores after the holidays are over and see if I can find something that is widely available. I also open the "florr" to those that want to see what they can find, too. Please go ahead and look and post on the Proboard. I'll start a thread there in the next few days to be devoted to the pants.
To those I missed directly, hello and happy holidays. I will try to get back online before Xmas!
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Hi Sister,
Since Colonel Tristan responded I won't have to mention jeans being a no-no. I'm going with the type B uniform as well but will still be getting a pair of the approved pants. As you mention the fit really won't matter too much because of the tunic over top but it seems there is womans fit, so we should be ok.
As for boots, I'll have to watch the episode again but I was planning on being able to ocate something at a thrift store that should comply. I'll send the Colonel a photo.
Sounds like your foray into the sewing section (itch, itch) gave some good ideas for the brown stripe. Seems it may be the groosgrain stuff. We'll wait for the word from Colonel T. on that.
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Thanks FFG!...I went ahead and ordered the pants...(hope they don't make my butt look too big!..heee hee)... and, yes; i'm still 'itchy' from the foray into the sewing dept.!
you have a wonderful holiday, as well.
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Which pants did you go with, Sister? Big butts make easy targets, so I hope they fit us well 
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Artcat Reporting in:
Chainmail sleeves are a go
they look very shiny in person, will try and get lost to videotape them here shortly so you can see how they move, WAAy better than expected :)
leatherworkers reaction will be reported in shortly, i am handing it off to them in the next day or so for buckle solutions. more pictures to be posted shortly over on our board
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Wow!!! Artcat.. I mean WOW!!!
That looks amazing and I am so excited at the prospect of seeing them 'in the flesh'... as it were! I was Christmas shopping today (yeah - I know I was out of my mind since it is actually Christmas Eve here now...) and I kept popping in to this shoe shop to look at boots, and that menswear shop to see what kind of braces/suspenders they had... I even went into a hair product place to price hair pieces for my Greek goddesses outfit (see Toga Party thread) but I guess that just goes to show how excited and focused I am on the whole experience!!
Congratulations on an amazing job! Good luck with the leather workers...
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Glad to see the knitted mail is working out alot better then my actual mail. The rings I got are too big, and it's not like I can just return them. I'll have to order a ton of the smaller ones and start over from scratch.
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