Remember these knuckleheads? Two Americans painted by a lieutenant in the Royal Deux-Ponts regiment at Yorktown. Jean-Baptiste Antoine de Verger might have captured the belted waistcoats that Lafayette wrote to President Laurens about: if we could get materials enough it would be possible to have a large belt out of the jacket, and independent of […]
Read more "Wrong Again"Pretty happy with the belted waistcoat. We’ll see how practical it is in the Spring when it gets torture-tested on a movie set. Dangerous territory, this garment. There is documentation and visual evidence for them, but little else. The concept SEEMS sound (what little we know about it.) Traditional waistcoats have their problems. One solution […]
Read more "Blasphemy"One spat down. The buttons are sewn to the straight back piece. The larger curved bit gets (more or less) evenly spaced buttonholes. A leather instep strap runs from the bottom button under the shoe to another button on the inside. The difference between good spats and bad is tightness. Button the two parts together […]
Read more "Chicken Legs"The kettle bag turned out swell, and work is proceeding on the spats. A matching small kettle bag is cut out. Meanwhile, TOP SECRET things are altering the sewing queue a bit. The Continental Army kit has been languishing for awhile. Most of the gear is still acceptable, but upgrades are in order. While doing […]
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