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Last thing to be made before the wedding! My partners’ pocket square and feather boutounairre. The boutounairre has 2 different kinds of duck and pheasant feathers, plus a little one of unknown origins at the front to match my feather earwing (the lady who made my jewellery kindly sent me some spare feathers for this…
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After over a month waiting for fray check to arrive (they ‘forgot’ about my order), I was finally able to finish this off. I hate doing button holes as it you stuff it up the whole piece is basically screwed, but thankfully my machine’s button holing function behaved! Made with black wool with silver flecks,…
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After much frustration where the wool completely rended, twice!, on one of the front panels when reversing, we finally have a waistcoat ready for top stitching. The wool tended to rend along seams, particularly where raw edges frayed endlessly. So after the original front panel, then the replacement panel rended, I just went to town…
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Almost finished the wedding waistcoat. Today’s job was doing the cinch (using two bowtie buckles so it looks neater), and pinning the front & backs together ready for stitching.
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Cut out the pieces for my fiancés wedding waistcoat. We’ve got some cheeky goose-print satin lining and the wool outer has nice flecks of silver through it.