A one day project

[frualeydis]

Today I made a c. 1600 jacket from grey wool. I made the pattern by looking at the two embroidered jackets in PoF, taking bust, waist and shoulder to bust and waist measurements and drawing free hand on the wool with a pencil. Then I sewed the side, shoulder and sleeves seams on machine. The gores were put in by hand since it's much easier to get a good result that way. Then I hemmed it all around and now it's finished apart from that I need to get hooks and eyes for closure. I have a picture where it is pinned together so it is a little tighter than it will be when it closes edge to edge. It's meant to be a mundane jacket so I'm wearing it without a corset, but I may use it if I ever want to do very late 16th or early 17th c. Anyway, I now have a pattern. What I need to do is to make the neckline a little rounder, now it looks like it's pulled together because of the angle of the neckline. But that will have to be tomorrow because Maja and I are going to bed.

Comments

[m-nivalis.livejournal.com]

Ooh, very pretty. I wouldn't mind one of those myself. (so many ideas, so little time...)

[koshka-the-cat.livejournal.com]

I like it :) Excellent job in so little time!

[dame-eleanor.livejournal.com]

I adore the way you take period styles and make them up for modern everyday wear! Very cool!! Can't wait to see it all finished. :)

[ginger-dragon.livejournal.com]

It's very pretty, though I agree that the neckline will look better a little rounder.