HSF #2 - UFO
Granted, it might have been 1.5 weeks late, but I did finish my UFO project for the Historical Sew Fortnightly. My riding habit!
The waistcoat is a false front, which I pinned to my stays, but I think it works really well. And there's still a little tacking I'd like to do to the lining on the collar and cuffs. I'm also still debating about adding the fur trim to the hem of the jacket, like in the inspiration portrait. But other than that, it's done!
And here's some visual proof:
The original portrait inspiration, and my "long pose" (three 20-min sessions of this pose)
And two of the sketches by the organizer of the group, Tara Larsen Chang. You can see more of her sketches on her blog.
The first one is one of the two 10-min poses I did, and the second one is the long pose.
And here's the HSF Challenge #3 Specs:
Fabric: Red wool from fabric.com, interlined with black cotton twill from Joanns, and lined with black silk habotai from Dharma Trading. The collar and cuffs are poly velvet, interlined with cotton canvas, both from Joanns. The waistcoat is ivory wool, also from Fabric.com, backed with white cotton twill from Joanns. The buttons and silver trim are from the marketplace at CosCol. The hat was a straw "craft hat" from Michaels, covered with the poly velvet. The pouf is of the red wool, with some net stuffed inside, and the hat bow is actually a petersham belt/sash that came with a skirt from Old Navy.
Pattern: Drafted myself, using inspiration mostly from Patterns of Fashion for the bodice.
Year: later 1780s
How historically accurate is it? It's mostly sewn by machine, except the lining/trims/hems/etc and obviously the poly velvet would have been silk. But I think otherwise it's mostly accurate.
Hours to complete: Not sure. I should probably start timing things... I started the skirt and bodice back in Dec, but didn't finish anything until the last couple weeks. The hem was my fastest ever hem (by hand) it only took me a little over 1 hour!
First worn:Friday morning - I sat for three hours for the East Side Drawing Group, and they did a series of sketches for increasingly longer-lasting poses. I've never done anything like that before, and it was a really neat experience!
Total cost: Not sure. The wool was only $4/yd, the velvet was about $13/yd. I can't remember the other costs, though.
The waistcoat is a false front, which I pinned to my stays, but I think it works really well. And there's still a little tacking I'd like to do to the lining on the collar and cuffs. I'm also still debating about adding the fur trim to the hem of the jacket, like in the inspiration portrait. But other than that, it's done!
And here's some visual proof:
The original portrait inspiration, and my "long pose" (three 20-min sessions of this pose)
And two of the sketches by the organizer of the group, Tara Larsen Chang. You can see more of her sketches on her blog.
The first one is one of the two 10-min poses I did, and the second one is the long pose.
And here's the HSF Challenge #3 Specs:
Fabric: Red wool from fabric.com, interlined with black cotton twill from Joanns, and lined with black silk habotai from Dharma Trading. The collar and cuffs are poly velvet, interlined with cotton canvas, both from Joanns. The waistcoat is ivory wool, also from Fabric.com, backed with white cotton twill from Joanns. The buttons and silver trim are from the marketplace at CosCol. The hat was a straw "craft hat" from Michaels, covered with the poly velvet. The pouf is of the red wool, with some net stuffed inside, and the hat bow is actually a petersham belt/sash that came with a skirt from Old Navy.
Pattern: Drafted myself, using inspiration mostly from Patterns of Fashion for the bodice.
Year: later 1780s
How historically accurate is it? It's mostly sewn by machine, except the lining/trims/hems/etc and obviously the poly velvet would have been silk. But I think otherwise it's mostly accurate.
Hours to complete: Not sure. I should probably start timing things... I started the skirt and bodice back in Dec, but didn't finish anything until the last couple weeks. The hem was my fastest ever hem (by hand) it only took me a little over 1 hour!
First worn:Friday morning - I sat for three hours for the East Side Drawing Group, and they did a series of sketches for increasingly longer-lasting poses. I've never done anything like that before, and it was a really neat experience!
Total cost: Not sure. The wool was only $4/yd, the velvet was about $13/yd. I can't remember the other costs, though.