It's kind of ironic regarding the "Real Gloves", because I introduced Steve, I don't recall his last name anymore, to TDH so he could sell his gloves. If I remember correctly he was a clothing manufacturer out of Canada. At the time I thought those were the shizzle, that was before I knew the difference. Yes, bulky micro suede gloves with shinny white nylon patches (Like a windbreaker jacket basically) and nice warm thinsulate lining to keep your hands extra, extra warm during all those already immensely sweat producing trooping events, LOL! So needless to say, here I am 5 years later making gloves, strange!
But to answer your other question, yes, I use parade gloves as a base, then after dying them, the quilted patch work, cuffs and button closures are added.
THX