Monday, April 16, 2012

pirate waistcoat pattern...

I'm working on upgrading my pirate/renfaire costume, this step is making a waistcoat (vest). I'm not as concerned with historic accuracy as I am with ease of construction and how it works, so I drafted out a pattern based on a long vest that I got for my steampunk outfit (it's a style of vest commonly worn in India and Pakistan).




The pattern is about as simple as possible, and I left plenty of allowance on the sides to fit it properly. I'll do a mockup in some surplus fabric once I find a nice liner material and see how it looks with my puffy sleeved renfaire shirt.