I Messed Up Making a Pair of 1920s Trousers. And Fixed Them.

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We all mess up sewing projects sometimes. Other times, we mess them up OVER and OVER. Then they just need to be banished to the pile of unfinished objects for a while. But that's OK. The more mistakes I make, the more I learn with each project. And it's not fun, but I'd rather keep doing that here than when I'm in a rush or working with limited fabric! Sewing isn't easy. Tailoring isn't easy. And trying to do historical or vintage tailoring without a complete set of instructions? Oof. So, this time around, let me make the mistakes so you don't have to!
I'm working on a pair of early 1920s vintage mens trousers with a stitched on waistband that have a button fly, inset side pockets, and welted back pockets with buttoned flaps. One of my goals with this suit is to use handsewing where ever it makes sense- buttonholes, topstitching, lining, etc. Key things I learned this time around:
- Mark with tailors tacks/thread basting. The chalk is just too risky to loose half way through.
- Leave extra seam allowances in places like the center back. I haven't needed them yet, but that's a later lesson I don't want to learn.
- Cut the pockets extra big if you aren't sure about size and shape them while attaching to the front or back.
- Cut your apron lining extra long because darts in the back mean it needs to pleat.
- Leave extra on the top of ALL of your fly front pieces to deal with the waistband. Some may be trimmed, but that's easier to remember.
- There's like 5000 ways to do a welted pocket. Think through the steps first when adding things like flaps.
- Don't trim anything off you don't have to right then and there. Leave the little tab just to be sure.
- Also, trim off all excess for bulk (I know it's scary to say this immediately after)
- Don't forget to put the inserted hook/eye in before I close everything up. Twice. (also it needs reinforcement, but I already knew that)
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[@sharpduds]

I have so many projects put in the corner to think about what they did

[@theglitterballlifestyle675]

Where my wedding dress is at currently 😂

[@sharpduds]

@@theglitterballlifestyle675 currently troubleshooting 5 different mockups for some breeches for an Scarlet Pimpernel costume

[@trinamorrison2570]

Hopefully after some reflection, they will learn how to correct their behavior. 😆

[@sharpduds]

@@trinamorrison2570 They are, they all have to co-habitate in a Zip-Loc

[@bunhelsingslegacy3549]

I was glad to hear that even experienced people sometimes have to put a project into a corner to contemplate its life choices...

[@Chibihugs]

I love how you showcase when things don't work when sewing and how you took a step back and then figured it out. It is so encouraging to mistake prone newbies and shows that costubers are human too. It also helps us to learn and share in what you discovered from figuring things out. I love your videos, Nicole! The suit is goals!!!

[@brigidscaldron]

One of my absolute favorite things about the costubers who are teaching us! ❤️❤️❤️

[@TheAgeofFabulous]

Ooh the new hair color is PHENOMENAL!! Sometimes plan go to the worse of ways we want them to go...and we throw them at the wall. See my 1850s fancy chemise.

[@indigohalf]

I would love to see a video covering things you've learned from historybound "crossdressing"/making clothing from patterns not designed for your body/the Gender of it all.

[@pandorabox82]

I love that we all have a corner of shame for projects that don’t want to play by the rules! And your new hair color looks great! I always want to have fun with my hair, since it’s just hair, it will grow back, but I can never find the courage, and as such live vicariously through the people who can just change it all up.

[@Hair8Metal8Karen]

I recently shaved my hair for charity and am currently dying the fuzz leopard print. I definitely would never have been able to do that 10 years ago, this is the best time of my life for this. You'll know when the time is right for you to make a big change. ❤

[@noexpensespentstudios]

I've been trying to wrap my head around how to do this style of buttonfly on a 1930s German pattern I acquired and I felt like I was missing something. The pattern has virtually no instructions, doesn't even tell you how many pieces of each pattern shape are required, so it was a case of applying common sense and trying to figure out how other garments are constructed. This video lays it all bare and has answered all the questions I had on the construction, it's likely helped me avoid a lot of mistakes too. Thank you very much, once again.

[@ragnkja]

I suppose it was all done “in the usual way”, and a tailor of the time could just cross-reference one of his own such garments if ever in doubt. We, of course, don’t generally have that luxury.

[@denniscarl2679]

Thank you! I'm embarking in a pair of 1910's trouser and in thirty minutes, you answered more questions than five months of research. The tips on fly stay tape, extended pocket bag, and best construction steps was immensely helpful.

[@clairebonnstetter5722]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who puts a "naughty" project "in the corner"! 😆

[@piccalillipit9211]

*I JUST MESSED UP* literally this second. Spent 3 FULL days making a 1900's shirt and its the most perfect thing I have ever made... Tried it on and thought "this feels odd???" Did a burn test on the fabric and it some synthetic or snyth cotton blend. It was labelled as 100% cotton - but as it was a role end I cant go back and prove it.

[@NicoleRudolph]

Hopefully it's the type of synthetic that makes the fabric less likely to wrinkle? Just maybe not the best for summer wear.

[@piccalillipit9211]

@@NicoleRudolph - Its practice isn't it. I buy a lot of fabric from this person and normally they are accurate with their description, they supply vintage fabrics and I guess they got it wrong. in fairness to them, it did not feel synthetic when I was sewing it, it was only when I put it on and it has that kinda stiff feel.

[@TheZyanas]

Extremely smooth sponsorship transition! Thanks for showing your mistakes as well as your triumphs.

[@elfieblue3175]

I love how calm you are when presenting your mistakes. Pretty sure something else happens off-camera, but the calm presentation makes it all surmountable.

[@51stcenturyblues]

I love how much you explain how you use primary sources like magazines and fashion plates to do almost detective-like research for time periods that have very different fashion and cultural sensibilities to the modern era. And how you explain how you can see the changes through something like the trouser styles!

[@ReisigSeeds]

Ok. Before I finish watching this video: thank you. So much of the time I wonder why I make so many mistakes and nearly give up after tearing out and redeeming only to do it wrong. You’re good. Like you know what you’re doing and it’s hard for me to see you making a mistake bad enough you have to tear out once much less twice. I need to see this to help me not feel so stupid. Thank you for teaching me that I can forgive myself. (Edit: “resew” not “redeem”)

[@elfieblue3175]

No, no, "redeem" is a propos. It's beyond redemption only when it can't be resewed.

[@asilverfoxintasmania9940]

Its actually the mistakes we make that help us learn, even if that learning is to slow down, not sew when tired/distracted etc. I learnt not to sew tired after I sewed in a sleeve by hand, inside out, for the third! time. This is often why some of my garments need time out! I hear you on mistakes being shown, a lot of this can get edited out and makes some of us feel real crap about our abilities.

[@TheMetatronGirl]

I completely love the new hair color! I’m one of those people who thinks “mood hair color” needs to be a thing, though. 😁 Thank you for sharing your “mistakes”. We all do these things from time to time, I think everyone has functioned on autopilot before. I certainly can’t blame you for tossing them in the corner for a while! I have more than one project in the “time out” closet for misbehaving needlework. The finished trousers look fantastic!! I’m glad you finished them! Wishing you joy and good health for the coming week!

[@fishinwidow35]

Those are fabulous! I made many pair back when the generation before me was still around for all of them plus my generation of younger men. They wore them hunting and ice fishing so they were made a little big to go over long johns

[@cassafrass098]

I don't know how you showcase so much knowledge and skill so effortlessly, but also are so relatable, but you do and are. This was an excellent video!

[@sygirl101]

I really appreciate how honest you are about mistakes. I think we’ve all learned from them.

[@bunhelsingslegacy3549]

I'm glad mistakes get shared, I always find I learn way more from fixing mistakes than I ever do if I did the thing right in the first place.

[@My_mid-victorian_crisis]

Serious David Tennant vibes. Number 10 but 1920's!!! Love it

[@lucie4185]

Ooh new haircolour! Very cool!

[@SolveigMineo]

Thank you so much for showing your mistakes. It makes us understand much better how the garment is constructed and why some steps are really important. Plus, it gives me motivation to go back to old failed projects that I did not have the courage to fix. We tend to think we are stupid when we make sewing mistakes and forget that even the best sewists have to unpick and fix their mistakes.

[@rmrenfield]

i really appreciate that you showed the mistakes you made. as a beginner sewer, it’s really intimidating seeing a bunch of amazing historical sewers that you think do everything perfectly but even experienced sewers (and artists of any kind for that matter) make mistakes !

[@robintheparttimesewer6798]

First off why has no one ever showed me this marking method. It’s brilliant really brilliant!! I will be using this method!! I have also saved this for future reference as I would like to try trousers some day. Second off I am so very glad that I’m not the only one who has a time out corner for misbehaving projects! I had a sweater I was knitting that spent more time in the corner than being made. I will never let my mother pick out her pattern and yarn without me ever again!! Despite all the problems you had the trousers look amazing a stunning piece of clothing!! It’s also nice to see how you fixed things and the difference in tailoring methods.

[@lisahodges8299]

Such a sensible and serviceable suit to chose, my dad's suits from this era always had two pairs of trousers as he often worked in his shirt sleeves. It is good to stretch yourself, you look elegant wear it. I am yearning to watch you make a Vesta Tilley evening suit. It's a shame as I think you already have made something like that. Birdy

[@asilverfoxintasmania9940]

I am a big fan of letting things sit in the corner to think about what they have done. Sometimes that can be quite a long time (cough*8years*cough). But these have come out so well and you can share with us the right order of operations. The choice of lining fabric is divine too!

[@fiesehexe8133]

One of my quilts is sitting there for over 20 years now, and still hasn't learnt how to behave 🙄

[@asilverfoxintasmania9940]

@@fiesehexe8133 some projects are slow learners!

[@katastrophic3907]

What a beautiful finished product. I love seeing people draft men's clothes to fit other bodies

[@jennycorey8968]

That fabric!!! So beautiful and sexy. I don't sew anymore, and was never at your level, but what I wouldn't give to have anything that fit me as well as those trousers fit you. Just beautiful.

[@New_Wave_Nancy]

Knowing that experienced sewists like yourself make mistakes helps newbies like me keep going when we mess up. Thank you for sharing and we get to learn along with you.

[@traciasmith1542]

hair color is awesome. I also love how you can slide into men's wear so easily and make it look fabulous. haha my youngest daughter rocked a tux at her senior prom. I have since noticed that there are others now enjoying the same. love your work and your channel.

[@Hair8Metal8Karen]

Nicole in the tuxedo, looking like Marlene Dietrich, is exactly the aesthetic I aspire to. Trousers are the one thing I always struggle with and I have made myself a vow that I am going to master them one day!

[@heathercrumly1083]

I just gotta say the buttonholes you did by hand were beautiful!

[@marshaa8288]

I attempted a pair of trousers, since I can't wear high waisted pants and I gained the quarantine 15 and none of my pants fit anymore. I started with a simplicity pattern, made a mock up, changed it to fit my preferences, made another mock up, messed up the crotch curve, made another mock up and finished it, picked it apart and drafted a new pattern from the mock up, purchased fabric, and it's folded next to my sewing machine. I need to get the guts to cut it.

[@Vereynique]

I love the fact that you messed up but came back to it. I jumped i to a project that I knew how I wanted to look on Tuesday and realized I got ahead of myself. I am making something I have no pattern for. So I back up and tried coming at it another way and have thought about it all week. I am ready to try again this week.

[@BrianA-dq7gv]

Wonderful tutorial, and the mistakes turned out to be only a learning experience. I have an original Butterick pattern for trousers from ca. 1918, and it looks almost identical to what you've made here. I look forward to following some of your steps when making up a pair in the near future. Thank you!

[@miriamgladen9615]

These trousers are absolutely gorgeous. The fabric, cut, fitting. Nobody can see some minor errors.

[@josephm5291]

Thank you so much for making this video! I was literally drafting a trouser block for a pair of 1930's style pants as I was watching this, and this video is a gold mine of techniques and tips and construction methods that I've been trying to research but hadn't found anything in nearly this much detail for. The trousers are for a 3 piece suit. A "challenge project" as the most complex projects I've done to date are button down shirts. I'm so glad I just found your channel!

[@pheart2381]

I love that tweed! I suspect the gap at the back of the waistband is to allow the braces (suspenders)to pull on the area without ripping open a seam that will travel.

[@agimagi2158]

Those back pocket flaps are adorable!!!

[@Noel.Chmielowiec]

Damn, those trousers look so good! Also, this new hair colour suit you so well.

[@sarahduffy6964]

The music in these videos is incredible. I have been really enjoying your content and trying to decide what about them stands out from other creators. It was the music! Your narration, sewing projects, cinematography, and aesthetic are always excellent but watching you sew to this music is really the magic formula. Thank you for what you do.

[@mirjanbouma]

It is in a weird way soothing to know that even someone so knowledgeable and experienced has these fighting projects. Thank you for another great and in depth video, Nicole. 🧡

[@drhotdog489]

I am OBSESSED with this hair color on you it is STUNNING and brings out your skin and eyes so beautifully!!!

[@kaffeekino8785]

Thank you for this Video! You really sent me back to my first pair of antique-style trousers, unpicking the seam on top of the fly for the 5th time, because it came out bulky again, or caught something it should not have caught. This video was so relatable and wholesome! I really admire your honesty in showcasing how even the greatest looking outcome might have been prickly on the way!

[@ladyicondraco]

It may have caused you some issues, but the end result looks so good! I love how you subtly show the crack gap at the end my leaning forward, such an important part of trying on pants as a woman, don't know if men have to the the same. Just a fantastic look altogether, very well styled with that blue shirt. (Not that anyone is surprised as Nicole has excellent style.)

[@devinbaggs7542]

Ahhh Nicole, that shot at the end is giving me feelings. You look so sharp! And thank you for the inside tour of the pants. Garments like these are best appreciated from the inside, I have dresses and bodices where I think the inside is almost prettier because you can see all the tidy handiwork that went into it (and silk linings are just something special)

[@robinhahnsopran]

BEAUTIFUL new hair colour! Absolutely adore it!

[@debra333]

I can't tell you how much I enjoy your videos. And I love your current hair color!

[@kerstinisaksson7151]

This is great! And the trousers I buy always get worn in exactly those places where you enhance them with canvas. Wonder if I should buy some canvas and "mend" my trousers before I use them.

[@ragnkja]

Doing some preemptive reinforcement sounds like a very good idea.

[@kerstinisaksson7151]

@@ragnkja Thankyou - "preemptive reinforcement" was the expression I was looking for!

[@vidoexperience8112]

Thank you so much for your inspiration! I love to watch your video on Sunday, and then I head to my machine and fabric stash and participate in my very own " Sewing Sunday". Today I'm finishing a cute spring dress- my very first dress!

[@LuanaOnMaui]

That tailcoat and top hat was SMASHING!!! 🎩

[@katerrinah5442]

As a maker of many mistakes I appreciate your inclusion of yours! Love the end product, they're gorgeous!

[@jaspersgrimoire]

Bad and naughty projects that get put in the shame corner until they atone for their crimes. Looks incredibly dapper though, glad you actually like. Ended up with a handsome garment despite the fact that it fought you every step of the way.

[@PowerToolsnPearls]

Dear Glorious Human! Thank you 🙏🏻 so much for sharing things gone amiss. If we don’t make errors, we aren’t learning anything new. It’s super helpful when someone with greater knowledge makes the mistake and shares how to deal with the things. All too often we are not allowed into this hidden world where the greatest amount of learning happens. We are left believing some magical things occur for all those on the KZbins, and we mere mortals are left feeling hopelessly inadequate then give up. I firmly believe this to be the birthplace of most UFOs. So, again, thank you 🙏🏻

[@Rozewolf]

Thank you for your attention to detail, including your mistakes. :) I often think that the willingness to admit to the fact that accomplished sewists screw up as fantastically as newbies is as much of a gift as a well demonstrated technique. As you were talking about the corner of shame where your project lived for a length of time, I thought of my skirt sitting on the back table waiting for me to pick it up and rework the waistband yet again. Thank you for a lovely tutorial. It certainly will help my next adventure, which is a pair of trews for my husband.

[@timestreel4384]

Thanks for this! There's so many tempting tailor's drafting books out there...it's both helpful and inspiring to watch you work through one of these patterns from drafting to finishing! (And I'm always ready for all the 1920s costuming content.)

[@jim40004]

Love these trousers! They fit you to a T, and look amazing!

[@beverleychong11820]

These are beautiful. I'm not a girly girl so have been put off historical sewing as I would never wear a poofy dress. However, of I ever get good enough I would definitely like to make and wear a pair of these. :)

[@rameyzamora1018]

What an interesting tutorial on men's trouser history!

[@werg206]

Can you do a video on how to draft/make a pair of trousers? Or how to find a good pattern for trousers? I love the style of the trousers you make!

[@xiluvOreox]

Absolutely rocking the outfit Nicole! I love the tweed and the tailoring looks amazing on you.

[@KenZchameleon]

Ah, the corner of shame for UFOs/WIPs. Kudos to you for taking a project out of the corner and completing it! I believe I had a knitting project banished for almost 6 months-- I used the wrong yarn for a blanket and refused to acknowledge I needed to start over. I frogged it, used the yarn for a(nother) bag and I have yet to make that blanket.

[@trudicole3520]

The finished trousers are terrific

[@VeretenoVids]

WOW! Those are the perfect fit and drape. (And my special snowflake sensitive skin is boggling how you can do all those hand stitches without a thimble.)

[@wiggle_duck9063]

At the end of that road full of trials and mishaps, all I can say is that it was worth it. Those trousers look *so good* 😍 Thank you for sharing the road, potholes and all!

[@1920sman]

Wonderful trousers. Great video. Some great tips, information and links to suppliers. And a delight to find someone who owns up to their mistakes so that others may learn from them. Thanks again. I made 9 pairs of 1920s Oxford Bags in 2 weeks (only about 4 hours sleep in total) for the men in my 1920s dance orchestra about 20 years ago - all with button flies. Very similar construction, just very big pleats, wide legs and turn-ups (cuffs). Much less hand work - I must confess. I used a modern commercial a zoot suit pattern (based on 1940s patterns) and modified this using some old tailoring books I have from the 1910s, 20s and early 30s to get the desired shape. I know it was partially cheating, but I needed to know that all the trousers would fit the players well enough to be worn for performances a few days later (Napier Art Deco Weekend, New Zealand) and had neither the time, nor skills to draft all 9 pairs for 9 very different sized musicians. I also had to compromise on using gabardine rather than wool flannel for budget reasons. But all things considered was reasonably pleased with the results. Also - the David Coffin book you recommend is a really wonderful resource - as is his book on shirt making. I wish it had been available when I made my 9 pairs of Oxford Bags. I would suggest anyone with an interest in these things to get copies of both books.

[@e.s.r5809]

That back of waistband split is still a feature in men's suit tailoring! I've particularly seen it in Italian suits, which I'd guess is because Italian tailoring runs slim, and that split helps prevent the fabric stretching over the seat when the wearer sits.

[@mcomeslast]

Thank you! I sew skirts but that twill tape at the pockets will come in handy soon! 2021 will be the year of the blouse over here (as soon as I tie up a project here). 2022 I want to sew two skirt suit recreations and one seems to have a pocket for a pocket watch or lighter. I don’t want the pocket stretching out!

[@Sno92White]

I just threw a pair of, what I wanted to be, Katherine Hepburn style trousers, in the corner. I need another week before I can look at them again. But THANK YOU. I needed to hear your words of wisdom. The good stuff takes time. Love your videos! Keep up the good work ❤️

[@Side-Quest-Workshop]

Those trousers turned out so GOOD! Perfect fabric choice; the fit is excellent. I am so impressed by your ability to go back and rework the parts that weren't working, and the result is just *chef's kiss*

[@B3Kusa]

You're so incredible, so humble and encouraging us all to smile and accept our mistakes as part of our learning path. In short, you're incredible and I can't stop watching your videos. Thank you so much ♥️

[@nikaleelawson9451]

I love the lining fabric and they look so comfortable

[@autumncosandaffect9735]

Good work.. Figuring out what went wrong is an important ingredient.. It was especially inspiring when I read that Julia Child was a horrible cook, it's why she went to cooking school. Knowing how to screw up allows us information on how to correct problems as well as the importance of putting things in the right order.

[@laurenlaker]

Oh and those trousers are gorgeous

[@bobguy3939]

I'm loving this series, I learn so much.

[@TildaSwintonPlayingThomYorke]

I feel so seen haha. I had so many difficulties making trousers recently. More than any other project, trousers are the strictest on order of operations. Even one mistake tends to have a cascading effect, and if you mess up-all is lost. Kidding! but trousers are humbling to be sure.

[@MysteryMommy1]

Those look gorgeous and comfortable

[@newbiesparks2]

That's fantastic. You look super fly, honey. Great work.

[@benjaminepstein5856]

With regards to the cut, those are about as well fitting a pair of pants that I've seen and I would be happy to cut patterns that well. With regards to making up, you have a quality not common among tailors (or many people) and that is the humility to admit a mistake and, so importantly, to go back and correct it. It is the mark of a good student. That said, there are many places in the inside finishing that can be improved. You were right to turn the front pockets inside out; the back pockets get the same treatment. Additionally, if you lay the pocketing on the cloth and make the welt through it, the cotton doubles as a pocket stay and makes the welt even stronger. As for the edges, a tweed like this, or any fabric that ravels, which is basically all of them, really do require overlocking. They still fall apart with any repeated wear, especially the fork and upper thighs. Hand overcasting would be too delicate for this purpose. Sergers were invented in 1881 and so are indeed period correct. They do sew a slightly different style of stitch than most modern machines and cotton thread would be used. I highly recommend the book below. While some of the techniques detailed are more modern, many, particularly the trouser section, are appropriate for many periods. Additionally, browse eBay or museum websites for pictures of the insides of period trousers. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/classic-tailoring-techniques-for-menswear-9781628921700/ Well done and thank you for the history lesson!!

[@WheezyCatLady]

They fit like a dream!

[@stevezytveld6585]

I refer to this stage of the process as "Putting it into a corner to think about all the things it's currently Not doing". The 10 tries to get a mostly working bodice block took months and allot of YT tutorials... Thank you. Glad to know I'm not the only one who needs to not look at something when it's going wrong. I actually bought a high-waisted late 80's big four pattern for an office set (thanks Stephanie Canada!) so I could base a (future) block off of the pants. Because maybe size adjusting will take less time than drafting? Thank you for covering your process for creating these pants. It's really, really, really helpful. The pants are Stunning. The button fly is just so impressive - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown

[@gloglos100]

Love the trousers and indeed they fit nicely. Beautifully both front and back.

[@femkebeernaert]

I don't make trousers anymore. I like the tailoring involved but my shape gives a lot of fitting issues. When I finally found a decent fit, I got pregnant and my figure changed again... I wonder if you document your steps to help you with later projects, or make step-by-step samples of techniques you are unfamiliar with? I received a thorough sewing and pattern drafting education. These were 2 things we had to do and it becomes really valuable documentation. I keep referring back to them.

[@sarahrudd4995]

They are truly lovely. I love the way you tack everything before you sew.

[@MissKikkiKat]

Oh, Nicole, I love the deep Auburn colour you're rocking! And, yay for rascally trews!

[@minkaf4243]

Beautiful fabrics, finish and fit!

[@sniffingyarn]

Beautiful!!

[@MisSiszY]

Yessss this looks so good!

[@mjgbabydragonlet]

Your videos are so visually stunning! Appreciate your honesty.

[@peggyr9623]

This came at the best time for me. I am just starting to make a piece and the entire directions are ONE paragraph long!! This video gave me hope that I don't get so frustrated that I throw them out the second floor window of my sewing room when I make a mistake ...that will certainly happen! Did you place the rear pockets low because that is how people wore them at that time, or b/c that is where you like them? It seemed to me that if a wallet was placed in one of them, the wallet would be felt each time you sat down. I just love the suit. The fabric looked amazing and your workmanship, top notch. Thank you so much for sharing the journey, mistakes and all.

[@martinad.1932]

Your videos always make me want to go do some hand sewing! Thank you so much for sharing the whole process with all of us

[@shonitagarcia3222]

Great job! Bravo!❤❤❤

[@anemonenemerosa2882]

Thank you so much for sharing your mistakes. It's a great leraning opportunity and actually quite comforting to know that even experienced people make mistakes.

[@hollydelaney6175]

Great video - I learned a lot! It's nice to see that even professionals have to redo stuff sometimes! Gives me hope...

[@harmonygibbs7904]

Those came out lovely!

[@TheSharpenedPencil]

Amazing! Thank you for showing your mistakes. It makes me feel much better as a newbie. I just picked up some wool to make a waist coast and trousers because you've inspired me. Thank you for sharing your art and your process.

[@froggybangbang]

What a beautiful suit. I started with the same pattern and noped out halfway into drafting 😅 I'm happy to see the finished product even if it's not mine! I'm sticking to the waistcoat.

[@judithgrace8359]

Very clear and easy to understand

[@MonaSkovJensen]

The back pocket flap was such a joy watching come together! I don't why the stitching of that flap had such an imprint on me but it was so neat and crisp! I love how these trousers look! Thank you for showing the mistakes and the fixing.

[@bobbibuttons8730]

Looking fabulous Nicole

[@tattooedtailor17]

These are really beautiful. Good job, my friend!

[@tiffanytomasino335]

This was wonderfully informative and inspirational, thank you for sharing