Fourth Week(16-20 April) Costume Store Review

Monday, 16 April and Wednesday, 18 April: Costume Store; Breeches, Week 2

First, I finished tacking my backing and top fabrics:

Then we sat as a group to talk about what steps to take in constructing the breeches and came up with the directions which I will post along with photos of the steps when they've been completed.

To begin, sew up center front, press open and over-lock the seam allowance; cut the front flap of the breeches from the middle-tacked line of the front point-details, the length of the yoke, like so:

Attach lining of flap, right sides to right sides, to the top edge of the flap and sew; prepare yoke pieces by pinning on the lining and then sew along the top, small side and bottom edge of yoke

 Flip the lining to the inside of the flap; trim seam allowance of yoke and flip to inside

Pin yoke to trouser where flap was cut, and sew:

Next I will prepare and attach the decorative pointed-strap to finish off the flap.

We also had an afternoon tutorial for Breathe, which I will post an additional blog post for here very shortly, breaking down more in detail what we are and will be doing.