I've been working on Robert's knickerbockers for a bit now. It has been very interesting working with men's tailoring.
Robert did a fast little fitting with the mockup after the Egyptian Expedition event. After that I started working with the "real" fabric. This is fabric that I bought when I was up at Jen's house. There was a fabric store going out of business and Jen and I visited them twice! I bought this fabric (with no info on what it is made of) for $3 a yard. It is like a tweed, somewhat loose weave. It probably has polyester in it. . . and maybe some cotton? I did shrink it by misting and steaming it. It does wrinkle somewhat.
I was so happy how the pockets turned out. I thought they were going to be really puckery.
This is in the middle of the project with the Laughing Moon pattern #119.
This is where I am at now.
There are a lot more buttons than you would imagine.
I need to get the buckle for the back strap and the buttons for the suspenders. They had the buttons even though they may not use suspenders.
And then I will be starting the bands around the bottom of the knickerbockers.
Robert did a fast little fitting with the mockup after the Egyptian Expedition event. After that I started working with the "real" fabric. This is fabric that I bought when I was up at Jen's house. There was a fabric store going out of business and Jen and I visited them twice! I bought this fabric (with no info on what it is made of) for $3 a yard. It is like a tweed, somewhat loose weave. It probably has polyester in it. . . and maybe some cotton? I did shrink it by misting and steaming it. It does wrinkle somewhat.
I was so happy how the pockets turned out. I thought they were going to be really puckery.
