Tag: pattern
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A Simple Denim Waistcoat and a Full Tummy Adjustment
For no particular reason, I wanted to make Graham a waistcoat. So I did. At first I tried the pattern from Metric Pattern Cutting for Menswear, but it’s quite the wrong shape for him. That has darting at the front. Graham needs it at the back, as most men seem to. So I copied his…
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Graham’s Waxed Jacket
Me being me, about a year ago I started designing a jacket for G (my bestie). Me being me, it never happened. This is partly because the drafts in Metric Pattern Cutting for Menswear are so erroneously titled as “easy fitting jacket block” or whatever but don’t really give much idea as to how they…