Riding habit waistcoat
Jan. 21st, 2018 09:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
totchipandaI spent a lot of today thinking about getting started on the waistcoat. But then -- oh, the cat wants to cuddle. Oh, I should make lunch. Oh, the cat wants to cuddle again. Oh, it's time for a nap. Oh, I should finish turning the heel on my sock so I can continue knitting without that fiddly bit hanging over my head. Oh, I should read my pattern directions. Oh, what does osnaburg look like?
Well, I feel well-prepared to get started, anyway. If anyone has any resources on tailoring techniques, I'd love to see them. I've looked at Costume Close-up, countless blogs, marquise.de, the LACMA project, and a couple of reenactment groups, and I think my best bet is to skip the bag-lined-and-top-stitched steps and just go straight to make-up-separate-and-turn-allowances-in-and-slip-stitch-together.
My waistcoat fabric is a dark grey. What to use as lining besides white or natural linen? Does colour matter? I have some fun polys in very light weights. Hmmmm.
Well, I feel well-prepared to get started, anyway. If anyone has any resources on tailoring techniques, I'd love to see them. I've looked at Costume Close-up, countless blogs, marquise.de, the LACMA project, and a couple of reenactment groups, and I think my best bet is to skip the bag-lined-and-top-stitched steps and just go straight to make-up-separate-and-turn-allowances-in-and-slip-stitch-together.
My waistcoat fabric is a dark grey. What to use as lining besides white or natural linen? Does colour matter? I have some fun polys in very light weights. Hmmmm.
