Remnant Heavy White Linen, 2-3/4 yards long

100% Linen, ~14 oz, 60″ Wide

Coarse natural tightly woven linen like this was commonly used to make trousers, long sailor’s trousers (sometimes called slops), overalls, knapsacks, kettle bags, wallets, chair seats, linings, & work aprons. Less often breeches, jackets, waistcoats & coats can be made of this. For example in The Virginia Gazette an ad reported “The person who stole the horse . . .  had on a . . .  coarse linen jacket and trousers” in 1776. Linen thread for this would be best hand sewing using16/2 or 35/2 unbleached.