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Tailoring Basics
Learn the basics of tailoring including stitches, using a thimble, and more. Welcome to Tailoring Basics, a course designed to take you from being a complete tailoring beginner to being able to construct various garments. The course is designed to be followed roughly in order, but feel free to skip ahead if you need a…
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Cravat Making
Learn how to draft and construct an 1860s silk cravat. This is a very short course on drafting and constructing a silk 1860s cravat, as seen in many photos from the period. The entire course can be completed in a couple of hours and is great for the beginner and more advanced tailor needing to…
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Detachable Shirt Collar
This is a great little project to construct a detachable collar that can be worn with just about any shirt to formalize it slightly. Based on an original collar. While its small size makes it an easy project (takes me about an hour and a half to make one), that same small size does demand…
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The Art of the Buttonhole
Learn to work beautiful buttonholes by hand. Welcome to The Art of the Buttonhole! Over the next several days we will be going over each step of the buttonhole process in great detail so that by the end you’ll be able to create beautiful, historically-accurate buttonholes.. Hand-tailored buttonholes are a thing of beauty, and in…
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Pleated-Front Shirt
Welcome to Pleated-Front Shirtmaking! In this course, I will be showing you how to construct an 1860s era shirt using techniques and methods of the period. The shirt will feature a pleated front, button cuffs, a sewn-on collar, as well as the option for a banded collar with accompanying detachable collar. Shirts such as these…
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Wool Flannel Overshirt
Create a mid-19th Century wool flannel overshirt.
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Shawl-Collared Waistcoat
Construct an 1860s silk or linen waistcoat featuring a single breasted shawl collar, on of the most common types seen during the period. Drafting Supplies Waistcoat Materials
