do you have a spare muslin lying around from an older costume that already fits you? you can just make modifications to that, really. (provided you keep a collection of patterns/muslins you've made)
alternately, you can assemble your mockup, fit it, etc and then leave the joining seam out for your final version. provided there's no gathering/easing, adding and removing extraneous seams is usually as simple as just leaving them in your muslin pattern piece when you deconstruct your mockup.
(not sure if this is helpful or not, but the only tailed coat I've made/drafted was simon, and that just had a center back seam.)
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Date: 2009-01-10 01:10 am (UTC)alternately, you can assemble your mockup, fit it, etc and then leave the joining seam out for your final version. provided there's no gathering/easing, adding and removing extraneous seams is usually as simple as just leaving them in your muslin pattern piece when you deconstruct your mockup.
(not sure if this is helpful or not, but the only tailed coat I've made/drafted was simon, and that just had a center back seam.)