New costume progress 3

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I have now finished adding the 'pullings out' to the front of the doublet.

I have also sewn braid down the front and over the back seams.

Until next time

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New costume progress 2

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I am still working on my new costume.

I have added more braid and a velvet cuff to the sleeves and have lined the body with drill to stiffen it.

You will note that I am turning the lining under to finish it  around the front slashes. This will conceal the stitching for the braid.

I have also sewn extra canvass stiffening to the lower front. These are known as 'belly pieces' and were often made of leather in the Seventeenth Century.

Until next time

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Blond

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Here is another picture from my sketch book. Enjoy.

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Progress on new costume 1

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As part of my new seventeenth century suit, I needed black bucket-top boots.

Whilst I already have some Cromwellian riding boots, they do not have the flared profile of the classic bucket-top.

However, I also have some seventeenth century shoes, so I have made leather boot tops to fit over the shoes, using a pattern for boot-hose,to be secured with the new black butterflies I bought at the last re-enactors' fayre.

I plan to make white, lace-edged boot-hose to sit inside the turn down top.

Until next time

Adieu