Historical Sew Monthly #3: Stashbusting

[kaesha_nikovana]

The Challenge:  Stashbusting

Fabric: (polyester) brocade & linen/cotton blend

Stashed for how long? 3 years for the brocade, a 6 years for the linen/cotton, and 9 or 10 years for the buttons.

Pattern: Laughing Moon #125, View A

Year: 1800-1815, approximately

Notions: fusible interfacing, buttons, thread

How historically accurate is it?  Shape and

Comments

[mala_14]

Looks great! I love the beautiful autumn tones of the brocade. And your welt pocket looks fantastic!

[kaesha_nikovana]

Thank you!

[starlightmasque]

ooooo I love it! Was the pattern easy to work with? It will look so handsome on your handsome husband!

[kaesha_nikovana]

It was a wonderful pattern to work with! The part that took me the longest was making a mockup and doing an adjustment for a 'corpulent' figure. No seriously, that's exactly how the pattern instructions refer to it!

[virginiadear]

The waistcoat is gorgeous! You did, of course, a wonderful job. (The boots you adapted so beautifully are wonderful, too! :^> )

[kaesha_nikovana]

Thank you! It was fun to work on both projects. :)

[bauhausfrau]

[kaesha_nikovana]

I really liked it! There are many, many pages of instructions and that made me nervous at first, but I didn't have any problems with it at all!

[atherleisure]

Very nice!

[kaesha_nikovana]

Thank you!

[padawansguide]

Wow, that's lovely!

[kaesha_nikovana]

Thank you!