breeches again
Apr. 18th, 2013 06:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elizabeth_mnI'm down to the mostly handsewing part of the breeches which is when I always slow down on a garment. I know some of you can handsew like lightning but I am just a tortoise. So the waistband is on, and I decided that the edges were not as crisp as I would like, so I am hand top-stitching them (just a running stitch) and that is looking much nicer. One side is done, the other partway.
I found the amazingly nice metal buttons from a few years ago's scrapped 18th c suit, and they might work on this one, but I really want to use plain self-fabric-covered ones at the breeches waist and then just use nice ones on the legs and coat. I'm trying to convince myself this is period.
I found the amazingly nice metal buttons from a few years ago's scrapped 18th c suit, and they might work on this one, but I really want to use plain self-fabric-covered ones at the breeches waist and then just use nice ones on the legs and coat. I'm trying to convince myself this is period.
