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17th c Jacket - Empty Nesting

17th c Jacket - Empty Nesting

It's done. It's beautiful. I'm proud. It's shipped.
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17th c. Jacket - Light at the End of the Tunnel

17th c. Jacket - Light at the End of the Tunnel

Ha HA! I see light at the end of the tunnel! It wants buttons and buttonholes, and to turn up the hem. Then I shall lovingly place her into a...
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17th c. Jacket - Progress on the Final

17th c. Jacket - Progress on the Final

With my client's 17th c. jacket toile back, unpicked, and the pattern altered, I cut into the lovely burgundy wool, and began putting the final piece together, starting with the...
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17th c. Jacket: Finished Toile, Round 1

17th c. Jacket: Finished Toile, Round 1

Ah, how lovely it is to have a finished, fitting toile. My client is afraid the toile won't fit her, but as it's in the mail today, we will wait...
American Duchess
17th c. Jacket: Toile-ifications, Round 1

17th c. Jacket: Toile-ifications, Round 1

With my dress form "batted" and corseted to my client's measurements, I started working on her pattern. I drafted this pattern with help from a little scribble I made in...
American Duchess