Category: menswear
Gold Striped Waistcoat
A quick snapshot of my dear husband wearing my first ever Victorian waistcoat: Then his scolding me for having the camera settings incorrect :) You can’t see my husband’s new waistcoat under the closed...
Gold Striped Waistcoat detail
Bias welt pockets were painful to do but well worth it as they look so pretty.
Tudor Wylliecoat
My husband has not had a new outfit for fair in over 10 years. His last one was made by his mother, and while it is still lovely it is not idea for his...
Victorian trousers
My husband always complains that I don’t make him anything. So I started this trial pair of trousers from a Simplicity pattern. I had to do little modification actually. There are a few things...
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...
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...
Celadon & Gray outfit: linen quilted doublet & wool venetians
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Wedding diary: Jeremy’s opinion on multiple fittings
So maybe I wanted too many photos but I think this photo shows Jeremy’s opinion on the multiple fittings. “Why do I have to try on the waistcoat under the mock up of the...
Wedding progress
I adjusted the pattern for Jeremy’s breeches and cut out the velvet last night, then serged all of the edges. Luckily this velvet is not leaving velvet “bugs” everywhere like I imagined it would....
Gray-black Wool Kontusz
I got a quick photo this weekend of Curtis wearing his polish coat at Golden Gate Renaissance Faire.
Wool Venetian hose
The black wool Venetian hose are ready for the final fitting. I’ll include a bunch of photos of the details here as I’m proud of the interior detailing that will never be seen while...
