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Presswork

Pressed folds

Having fixated the leap layers securely, they need to be carefully ironed into flat folds without the stitching pressing through. 

Having to do this on the fabric’s right side there is little room for correction, which gives these Red Shirt sleeves another batch of bastework to be done on them.

When In Need…

Making Brocade 

 

…Improvise!

 

 

 

 

The Velvet Frock Coat

Velvet Frock Coat

Though not a piece of my own, this majestic frock coat required so much retouching in order to get its fit right, that I have become proud to present it.

Adding Interfacing

Red Shirt Front Panel Pieces

Iron-on interfacing applied to gain a certain roll.

The Crown

Discipulus Crown

A momentary lapse, effortlessly induced into any adversary’s defence, just by a glimpse of its radiance, this enticing entity of ornamental plate graces the head as if it was grown from the skull.

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