#waistcoat

Waistcoat

1760s

Silk trimmed with metallic braid; back and part-lining of wool

We don't argue with fabric when it tells you what it wants to be. But I don't look good in warm tone fabrics. People ask if I'm sick, which yes I am but not more then last time you saw me. My love doesn't like orange or yellow. So I started searching amongst friends and family to see if anyone might be interested.

Last fall I found the perfect person. There he was my love's cousin, at a wedding, talking about how confident he felt in his orange waistcoat and how he should wear stuff like this more often.

I explained the fabric's wishes and then asked him if he'd be interested in owning the finished waistcoat. He said yes and that in exchange he would make me woven trim on his loom. He had been looking for an exuse to see how long of a trim his loom is capable of making. So yay hobby exchange!

Life got in the way but I have finished it! Waistcoat complete and in my opinion it looks really nice. I did have to do a little bit of piecing to make it work but we did it.

I added fully functional welt pockets and a lace up back for fitting purposes because I really had no extra fabric. This was my first time doing both of those things.

Man's Waistcoat, c. 1775-80

Rare Embroidered Woman's Waistcoat, c. 1785