Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Most recent men's outfit
This is an outfit that I have been working on since the beginning of November. The trowsers are made from a fabric called kearsy cloth. It has warp threads of linen and weft threads of wool. It looks like the fabric that the confederate civil war reenactors wear. The trowsers are a drop fall front.
The shirt is made of raw linen. It has been made made from a Martha McCain Simplicity pattern. It has been mostly hand stitched. If I could see the stitching from the outside, I hand stitched it. The buttonholes have been done by hand as well.
The vest is made from a Past Patterns pattern called "A Single-Breasted Shawl Collar Waistcoat" It has been made from wool flannel with a raw linen lining and back fabric. There are welt pockets and hand stitched buttonholes.
I am now on to some easier things for a couple of weeks and then I will be starting a wedding dress for a girl in my ward who also happens to be a distant relative on the side of the family that has all the sewing genes. (Thank you great great grandma Elizabeth Hocquard Carlisle).
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