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Victorian Tailoring: June 2013
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Monday, June 24, 2013. 1830s Broadfall Trousers: Pockets. Next up for the trousers are the pockets in the bearers. The first thing to do is to sew the bearers to the backs of the trousers along the side seams. In theory I could also sew the fronts along the side seams, but I figured it would be easier to maneuver without them in the way. The first pocket jetting is basted along the pocket marking, and lines are drawn in chalk where the pocket ends. I turn in the top jetting so it hangs straight down in b...
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Victorian Tailoring: 1830s Dress Coat - The Reveal
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Thursday, November 13, 2014. 1830s Dress Coat - The Reveal. Look at those shoulders! Just look at them! The shoulders are the only part of this coat I just don't like. Maybe someday I'll update the coat to some 1840s sleeves instead of the earlier poofs that it has now. Yesterday I had my wife take some other photos in our living room. I thought I'd pretend I was reading. :). If this were the 1830s I'd be clean-shaven. November 13, 2014 at 11:57 PM. November 24, 2014 at 5:07 PM. Your outfit looks awesome!
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Victorian Tailoring: December 2013
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Monday, December 9, 2013. It's been far too long since I've posted - sorry! A couple big projects took up most of my time, but now I'm back, and the vest is finished. When I left off, I had added the facings, so now it's time to work on the lining. I apologize, because the red of the lining is hard to colour-balance. It's really a brick red, but it's polished cotton so it shines a little bit. If you recall from the pattern. After quilting, the front of the lining looks like this:. The back is attached (s...
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Victorian Tailoring: Frock Coat 1: Drafting and Canvas
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Thursday, January 10, 2013. Frock Coat 1: Drafting and Canvas. Sorry I haven't posted very much recently. I haven't been idle, but I was working on a few Christmas gifts (including a kilt for my two year-old nephew) that didn't pertain to this blog. Anyway, next on the lineup is a frock coat. Once again, I drafted my own pattern, based this time on a combination of drafts from R.I. Davis' Men's Garments, 1830-1900. The first step for the frock coat (now basically following Maclochlainn's. I could just go...
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Victorian Tailoring: Welt Pockets
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Saturday, September 29, 2012. Every time I've followed a pattern that has welt pockets, it seems that the directions for them are all different. I also have a hard time remember how I did it last time, so that every time I make a welt pocket (and here I'm talking about single welt pockets) I have to learn how to do it all over again. This time, since I'm drafting my own pattern and can make the pieces however I like, I'm going to follow the method set out in The Victorian Tailor. I then baste the top poc...
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Victorian Tailoring: September 2013
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Monday, September 23, 2013. 1830s Vest: Drafting and making up. So where have I been for so long? I've had a couple of other tailoring projects I was (and still am) working on that took priority over historical tailoring. I also moved, out of the big city to the 'burbs. This gives me my own tailoring room! I built a tailoring bench:. I just need some more wood for lower shelves, instead of putting the cloth on the floor. It's the perfect height for drafting, and not too hard to sit on. The back pattern p...
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Victorian Tailoring: July 2013
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Monday, July 22, 2013. 1830s Broadfall Trousers: Finished. It's been a while, but I've finally finished my broadfall trousers! The heat wave we've had for the past two weeks, on top of other projects, has kept me from working on these - there's nothing like sewing with a heap of heavy wool serge in your lap when it's 97 and humid. No thank you. With the pockets finished, I could sew together the fronts and backs. Here you see everything basted together, ready for sewing the long seams. The bearer buttonh...
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Victorian Tailoring: February 2013
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Sunday, February 10, 2013. Frock Coat 3: Sleeves. I want to mention first of all that I suddenly realised that I've been doing it all wrong! Anyway, I also noticed that I don't have any photos of the finished sleeve, but I'll save the "big reveal" for my next post. The first step - sewing up the short sides of the sleeves. The part marked out in chalk at the bottom is just an insert which will extend into the false cuff:. Then I added some bias interlining to keep the cuff in shape. This is pad stitc...
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Victorian Tailoring: 1830s Vest: Finished
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Monday, December 9, 2013. It's been far too long since I've posted - sorry! A couple big projects took up most of my time, but now I'm back, and the vest is finished. When I left off, I had added the facings, so now it's time to work on the lining. I apologize, because the red of the lining is hard to colour-balance. It's really a brick red, but it's polished cotton so it shines a little bit. If you recall from the pattern. After quilting, the front of the lining looks like this:. The back is attached (s...
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Victorian Tailoring: 1830s Dress Coat - Finishing
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014. 1830s Dress Coat - Finishing. It's been an awfully long time since I've posted. We bought a house. It was built in 1738. It needs some TLC. I actually finished the 1830s coat and went to the Old Sturbridge Village dinner wearing it, but basically as soon as I finished we bought the house and then I was immersed in home improvement projects. I kept thinking, "I have to post to my blog" but then projects took over. The skirts are pleated into tails. The sleeve linings. Obv...