The Mysterious Galliano Pirate Jacket - Help Me Decipher It or Sew-Along!

[pandaz]

amazing

[eternallyeve]

Oh dear Lord, congratulations! How you managed that is entirely beyond me. I harbour the secret suspicion that that pattern was Galliano's private joke and never expected anyone to decifer it .

Wow again, you did an amazing job.

[little button]

Thanks for the photo updates.  I went through the post over several days earlier this year in admiration of you 3 guys.

I have been considering making this, but with an Australian flag for when I eventually have the ceremony for citizenship.  It does feel a bit wrong that my first Aussie flag I intend to cut up into little bits

[fairies-in-disguise]

this has to  be the most amazing jacket i've ever seen!

IndividualFrog, cathou and tigralon, you have to be the most amazing and talent "craftsters" ever!

i think this may become my summer project... once my christmas dance dress is done...

i was thinking of using the St Andrew's Saltire - the Scottish flag - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Scotland instead of the Union Jack, how do you think it would turn out?

again - amazing job all three of you!

Oh dear Lord, congratulations! How you managed that is entirely beyond me. I harbour the secret suspicion that that pattern was Galliano's private joke and never expected anyone to decifer it .

and I am so in agreement with that ^

I only found this thread today, and after finding the pattern almost ran from my computer! it looks terrifying! but, i am determined to give it ago!

sorry for rambling on so much....

[MinorPunk56]

Dude, I want to make one.

Really badly.

Did you write up the instructions?
EDIT:  Did anyone save a PDF for printing at home on 8.5 x 11?  Or is there a rediculously kind person out there who saved their pattern and would be willing to send it to me(I'd pay for shipping and I'd give it back when I'm done!)

[IndividualFrog]

This thread is all the instructions there are.  If you have any problems you can ask!

I used the PDF that's on the site and printed it at home on regular printer paper, it should work fine.  In the early pages there is some discussion of how we printed it out.

[MinorPunk56]

This thread is all the instructions there are.  If you have any problems you can ask!

I used the PDF that's on the site and printed it at home on regular printer paper, it should work fine.  In the early pages there is some discussion of how we printed it out.

yeah, i saw. So  how many page  was it to print?

[IndividualFrog]

I don't remember exactly, but it was a gazillion.  The cutting out and taping together took a long time.

[mikan]

minorpunk56,
it's about 70 pages, 75 at most... It took me an evening to print and tape them all together though, so it's probably worth using commercial printing if you want to save yourself some time!
Oh, I also set it to lightest amount of ink and grayscale using only black ink; that will save you some ink too. 

[zowiewoahie]

These jackets are so amazingly insane. I love them. I want to print my own and try it, but I know it will never fit me. So I think using my pattern drafting skills I will need to set to work and make my own inspired piece. But, damn, how I do love Galliano!