More work to painting

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I have done some more work to my current oil painting.

It now looks like this.

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Regency Buck 10

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Here is the next version of this computer art.

I have applied some censorship for this blog...

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Breeches 6

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With the vent complete, the breeches were nearly finished.

I added the buttons and button holes.

and the buckles. I had acquired some replica breeches buckles, which fit through button holes.

and buttons at the knee.

I have also added braces buttons on the inside of the waistband and the breeches are now complete and are very comfortable to wear. 

I will be wearing them at the Ball in Putney at the end of the month.

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Regency Buck 9

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Here is another version of my new computer art.

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Breeches 5

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Having finished the knee opening, I then added lacing holes at the rear vent.

I  also decided to add a vent piece, as I would sometimes wear the breeches with a dolman (which has no tails) .

Here it is with the lacing open. I added  two holes in the vent piece to stop it shifting when I'm dancing.

Here it is with the lacing closed.

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Here is the latest version of my new computer art

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Breeches 4

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Having attached the waistband, I  now turned my attention to the knee openings.

Due to a confusion caused by misprints and inexact instructions on the pattern, I had not cut the leg panels with a fold-in buttonhole tab or button flaps, so I cut these as separate pieces and added them to the knee opening.

The pattern had also specified that the knee cuff should be cut as four separate pieces and seemed to indicate a standard 5 eighth seam allowance.

Due to the way I had set out the pattern pieces, I had cut one cuff  on the fold. This one worked with the standard seam allowance, giving me an inch wide finish. I had to sew the other band with the minimum seam allowance to get the same result.

Once more, this new pattern required some furkling...

This shows the internal button flap and the inside of the button-hole panel after the cuff has been sewn on. The buttonhole panel is anchored at the corners with 'as-invisible-as-I-can-make-'em' stitches. 

Here is the outer view. You will note I have allowed a long tail, as I will be adding knee buckles.

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Here is the next version of my latest computer art

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Breeches 3

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Having lined the fall, set the pockets and sewn the out-seams and the in-seam, the next thing to do was to sew on the waistband.

I had to ensure that the edge of the pocket lining and the top corner of the pocket flaps were caught in the waistband.

The back of the breeches has to be fuller than the front and I opted  to put in box pleats instead of gathering.

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