Gentlemen, show us what you've made!

[Vampyre Master]

my latest news boys
first, ivory linen (creases so easily)
second tweed hunting check
third Harris tweed herringbone made from an old jacket

VM

 

[Nick D]

The trousers and waistcoat. Now I need to make the jacket, but the next thing on my to-do list is a '40s lounge outfit for my wife.

 

[Bugsy]

The trousers and waistcoat. Now I need to make the jacket, but the next thing on my to-do list is a '40s lounge outfit for my wife.

Incredible as always!!!

 

[DamianM]

:eusa_clap

Amazing.

 

[scotrace]

Fantastic! Fits perfectly (of course). To my eye, the trousers break exactly right.

 

[alsendk]

The trousers and waistcoat. Now I need to make the jacket, but the next thing on my to-do list is a '40s lounge outfit for my wife.

You are a handsome man, with an impressing mo, and a fine vintage dress. I really like the colour of the trousers and the waistcoat...especially the darker colour of the back of the waistcoat.- is it silk?

 

[herringbonekid]

great work Nick !

 

[Shangas]

Excellent work! Very smart indeed.

Vampyre Master, I love the ivory linen cap. One day I'd like to get one like that.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Nicely done, Nick. Perfect shape to the waistcoat fronts/points. I love the pockets! Nice to see a rather more natural than bleached linen, too.:eusa_clap

 

[Nick D]

Many thanks, gents alsendk, the back is cotton, to keep it a little cooler. I'm pleased with how this is turning out, I can't wait to finish it. Now all we need is summer! (It's 40F and raining right now.)

 

[Nick D]

Well, the grading of the jacket did not go as well as hoped. I did a mockup, but it wound up being 42" in the chest (actual circumference). I've got another '40s pattern for a sportcoat that's a 38 chest, though I would have to work on the waist to get the profile I'm looking for.

 

[DamianM]

Dont sweat it Nick, I had some trouble myself and I have to keep fixing things here and there. UGH

 

[Nick D]

I did up the mockup of the other pattern, and the fit is better. It's hard to tell the fit of a jacket with a muslin, though, since the fit and shape will be affected by canvas and padding. I'm not sure how well the back is going to turn out, either, but I think the only way to know for sure is to make it and find out.

 

[GHT]

I enjoy making things, both metalwork and sewing. Being away at grad school, I can't do much metalwork, but I've bought a sewing machine and can still do that. I find it relaxing, I can make what I like and can tailor it to myself (or my wife if I'm making something for her), and it saves money even with buying the pattern if I haven't made my own, fabric, and notions. I don't know how many other men here sew as a hobby, but if you do, please show us!
Cheers,
Nick

Compliments to you on the sewing skills that you have. I too, have mastered the art of dressmaking, only I wish it was called something other than that. There may be something in the photo library to show you, but before that, I also have a design talent, design for structures that is, although I have designed garments too. It's so curious, I can design, and instinctively know, that a structure needs rigidity as well as stability, something builders and architects call: Triangulation. Yet I find it almost impossible to build without the expert help of a tradesman/woman.
My wife has always longed for a bespoke workshop to use as a 'sewing' room. To that end I set about designing one.
The base is a concrete mix with a wiremesh reinforcement. It is constructed within a timber framework. The floor of the cabin, made from blockboard, sits on a three inch thick, insulator. The walls and roof are all constructed to a double skin standard with similar insulator sandwiched between the inner and outer wooden walls.
The roof is pitched offcentre, with a faux apex to support a weathervane. The front of the roof is tiled with pitch tiles, whilst the back is a single sheet pitch. The doors and windows are double glazed, and the windows are weather proofed with lead flashing.The whole thing has been wired up to the electrical mains to give it lighting and power supply for the machinery. The finished result looks like this:

 

[Simonds]

Perfect sewing quarters!

 

[esteban68]

GHT I'd I'd say your good lady owes you quite a few alterations at least for that!

 

[Shangas]

Compliments to you on the sewing skills that you have. I too, have mastered the art of dressmaking, only I wish it was called something other than that.

Dressmaking is what women do. My grandmother was a professional dressmaker for 50 years.

TAILORING is what MEN do.

 

[GHT]

Tailoring is what men do. Thank you for your enlightenment, it makes me feel better. The reason I didn't use the term 'Tailoring,' is because the art of tailoring is such a skill, that I would feel an imposter for suggesting that's what I did.
I make shirts, I make some of the simpler dresses and I can make trousers. Not the tailored sort, more, the lounge pants that ladies wear. And I would hasten to add that my wimpy little efort is knocked into a cocked hat by the expertise that my wife has when it comes to anything that needs a needle and thread.
The first garment to be made in her new sewing cabin, is a dressing gown for me. Not a bathrobe but a fantastic 1930's dressing gown. She won't let me photograph it as a work in progress, but when it's finished I'll post the pics. And also a photo of the original pattern, you will love it. The model on the front has a pipe sticking out of his mouth. Brilliant.

 

[Matt Deckard]

Very well done... Looks very cool. I love the longer point on a vest! Wear it well! Can't wait to see the jacket!

 

[Nick D]

Thanks, Matt. I've got the canvases finished and need to baste them onto the fronts now.

GHT, that's a nice cabin! I really like the double doors. Any views of the interior space?