Drafting and Making a Late Victorian Waistcoat (1895)

USEFUL THINGS: The Keystone Guide to Jacket and Dress Cutting: Bertha Banner’s Household Sewing with Home Dressmaking: Antique pocket watch and chain from Fine Times Watches: Alan Cartwright, owner; based in Derbyshire. MATERIALS USED: Wool: Ayazmoon Fabrics, NYC (1/2 yd) Silesia: Bias Bespoke (1/2 yd) ( Tailor’s canvas: Steinlauf & Stoller, NYC (1/4 yd) Buttons: Daytona Trimming, NYC (6 ct) Synthetic baleen, 4mm x 1mm: Burnley & Trowbridge () 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 OTHER USEFUL T