Re: Padded jacks sleeve construction

["Richard Layton"]

I made a new jack not that long ago and tried to leave the sleeves
un-quilted and they did not work, they were too floppy and had not structure
and the layers shifted around. It had to be stitched through.
It stiffened the sleevs up and they fitted better.
Rich
Wales and Borders 15th Century Living History Society
www.15thcentury.co.uk
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hugo Tremblay"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 3:40 PM
Subject: Padded jacks sleeve construction


Hello,

This is a question for those who tried to recreate the padded jack as
desribed in Dragon #3. This, as well as the ordinance referred to, mentions
that the sleeves must be of the same strength. A question arise about the
"quilting" of those sleeves. (I will use the term quilting knowing that it
is not technically a quilt, but I can't think of anty other words for this
type of stitching: sorry for the inconvenience.)

On many reconstructions, including those pictured in M. Embleton's books,
jacks are shown having unquilted sleeves. However, if those sleeves are in
fact constructed as the body, how are the layers kept from shifting inside
the actual sleeve? Does the sleeve construction using smaller pieces than
the body remove the need for this supporting quilting?

Any insight in this matter will be greatly appreciated!
Hugo

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