Drafting and Making a Late Victorian Waistcoat (1895)

USEFUL THINGS:
The Keystone Guide to Jacket and Dress Cutting: https://archive.org/details/keystonej...
Bertha Banner’s Household Sewing with Home Dressmaking: https://play.google.com/books/reader?...
Antique pocket watch and chain from Fine Times Watches: Alan Cartwright, owner; based in Derbyshire.   / finetimeswatches  

MATERIALS USED:
Wool: Ayazmoon Fabrics, NYC (1/2 yd)
Silesia: Bias Bespoke (1/2 yd) (https://www.biasbespoke.com/cart.php?...)
Tailor’s canvas: Steinlauf & Stoller, NYC (1/4 yd)
Buttons: Daytona Trimming, NYC (6 ct)
Synthetic baleen, 4mm x 1mm: Burnley & Trowbridge (https://www.burnleyandtrowbridge.com/...)
Ribbon casing: M&J Trimming, NYC (1 yd)
Brown cotton thread: John Lewis
Black silk thread (pad stitching): Sil Thread, NYC
Black silk buttonhole twist: Sil Thread, NYC

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MUSIC CREDITS:
Luminous Rain by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-...
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
“Unknown Longing” by Asher Fulero, YouTube Audio Library

IMAGE CREDITS:
https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/dig...