17th Century Pirate Costume
Drafted using an authentic French tailor's book from the 1700's, this historically styled and constructed outfit consists of a fully tailored weskit, button-fly fencing breeches, two shirts and one removeable, ruffled stock for dress wear. Due to the customer's budget, I did not use historically accurate fabrics. The weskit is made from a mixed content tweed, but all the tailoring work is period appropriate. The breeches are 100% cotton gabardine with metal fly and cuff buttons. The shirts are bleached and unbleached cotton muslin. Shirt buttons are plastic, but have the appropriate 2-hole style for the period. Painstaking attention to detail characterizes this project. All visible stitching was completed by hand. The inside-out view of the weskit is the interior before the lining was set. It shows the extensive tailoring structure beneath the lining. The remaining detail pictures show a period-appropriate breast heart appliqued on one of the shirts and the hand-sewn buttonholes. Although this outfit is called a costume, it is designed and constructed to be worn as every-day clothing by a serious re-enactor. Due to the large amount of handwork and pattern drafting involved, the project took about 6 months to complete.
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I have over 40 years of fine sewing and handwork experience. My training includes couture bridal sewing with Susan Khalje, contributing editor to Threads magazine, and custom pattern fitting and drafting with Professor Kenneth D. King from FIT. I've attended numerous workshops given by professionals in the sewing industry and participate on Sewing Pattern Review discussion board.
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For the last 7 years I've been making dreams come true for everyone from anime cosplayers to brides and bridesmaids. I work primarily from inspiration drawings and photographs to create unique clothing that fits your style and flatters your figure. My specialty is fitting curvy women.
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