elizabeth_mn: (blue silk back)
elizabeth_mn ([personal profile] elizabeth_mn) wrote2013-04-08 01:58 pm
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Breeches

My HB's breeches are almost done, but I've been stalling for a week because I was waffling about the buckles.

The J.P. Ryan pattern is designed to be worn with breeches buckles at the knees, but I just cannot figure out how you are supposed to use them.  It looks like they just clip on; you don't sew them in like a modern prong buckle.  It's too much of a mystery to gamble on.

Plus they are expensive; $25 per pair and up (okay, maybe I am just cheap).  So it's taken me this long to decide to just go with buttons.  I REALLY hope I can find some in the stash that will work, because I am so sick of dropping more cash on buttons than on fabric.  And I'm just not up for making my own thread buttons this time.

[identity profile] ashamanja-babu.livejournal.com 2013-04-15 03:01 pm (UTC)(link)
That's a good idea! But I think I might just stick with buttons all the way down.