Finished projects

I finally finished the Wool Cassock!!! We had Bordermarch Autumn Melees this past weekend and I got it done on the road as is usual.

The weekend before I worked on getting all the button holes sewn on.  I have a really hard time getting the button holes even so have to mark everything up A LOT!

 The pattern called for the buttons to be 1" apart so that there would be over 150 buttons...That is entirely too many buttons for me to sew and for the man to button and unbutton as he needs to so I marked the holes 2" apart and ended up with about 68 buttons.

 

And then I marked the beginning of the hole and the end to give me some guidance while putting it on the machine.  I have issues getting the button holes too close to the edge so have to really mark the back edge.

 

Excuse the mess on the bed, we were unloading after camping and I forgot to get a picture of him wearing the garment (*smacks head*).  It looked really really good on and got lots of compliments, so it was very much a successful project!  I would like to add lucet cord as trim around the collar and the epaulets to add a little color so that may be a project over the holidays.

Progress!! Finally!

I have finally made progress on a couple of the projects!  I have finally finished the Men's Renaissance shirt.

 It doesn't look pretty on the hanger, but always looks nice underneath a doublet/jerkin.

I did also take some time to tackle the cassock that i have had in the works.  I was having issues mentally getting the pieces together so was reluctant to work on it and have to redo something.  Finally I gave myself an hour to work while my daughter and I watched Charlie Brown and just went with the flow of the garment.  Surprisingly it came out the right way and i didn't have to redo any of it.  It fits perfectly and now just needs a bottom hem and the millions of buttons that go on a cassock.

 This is the front view (my youngest is holding it for me).  It's really bad quality on the picture taking but I can't ask for too much more from a camera phone.  The lining color is not quite the same as the wool but it is close enough.  In person you can see the difference but I'm not too worried about it.

This is the back view.

After measuring out the button placement, at 1 1/2 inches apart, the cassock would require 118 buttons.  i have had other people tell me that at 2 inches apart I can manage about 60 buttons.  I'm waiting for the buttons to come to me and then I can place them on the cassock and get a better idea of how many button holes I want to suffer through.  Thankfully my machine does buttonholes easily for me, it just will require a lot of time.