Monthly Archive: June 2008
Wedding diary: buttons using wooden molds
For the Wedding Suitcoat and waistcoat I decided to hand cover 18th century style wooden button molds. I had posted a picture of my hand sewing by candle/fire light when we were without power...
Men’s corset: black lambskin purchased
This has to be the softest leather I’ve ever handled. Hard to photograph but here is one anyway: It is a whole different world trying to purchase leather – No yardage, no standard sizes...
Caramel Cream: jasper beading done!
Here is the final set of trim, all rolled up, with the beading complete: Now it is time to apply it to the caramel velvet and then to hand sew that to the doublet!...
Valhalla Renaissance Faire – Lake Tahoe
I spent last weekend up in the lovely Camp Richardson, CA for the Valhalla Renaissance Faire. I’m looking forward to participating this upcoming weekend as well. I know I’ll see lots of friendly faces:)...
18th century suit: stripe waistcoat inprogress
I’ve started going through all the photos I took of the wedding garments in progress and decided some might be nice to share. Here is one showing how I cut out the shape of...
