Having the principal patterns drawn, the next thing to do is tracing the vest‘s pieces onto cotton, working out a textile base for trying out the new design, applying pins to adjust the fit where necessary, redrawing the seam-lines on the cotton using chalk to eventually copy the correct alterations back onto the patterns.
In drawing the patterns for the Rider Vest I started off copying a well-fitting base, keeping the shoulders but relocating the vertical seams to match those of the accompanying basque, merging two side-pieces into one and delineating all non-tailoring design-lines onto the pieces within the process, allowing me to verify these onto cotton before continuing onto the advanced patterns featuring decorative seams and folded layers.
Whether it is accompanying the previously made basque or becoming a standalone piece in a greater project, this short vest is to continue the streamlined design of rising seams creating a cascading hemline, repeated by intermittent cross-thread layers.
The result, personalized with a shoulder-construction analogues to the Floorvest‘s, ought to be compatible with a multitude of styles, as well as easily augmentable with future additions.
Looking back at the pattern for this merely month old favorable design, I’m evaluating the possibility of continuing the conceptualisation behind the Rider’s Basque into a grander sort of project, encompassing multiple items that envelope the same material into common characteristics which are to be developed using the same construction methods for them to become unique garments that can eventually be conjoined into an intrinsic uniform.
The patterns forming body and sleeve for the velvet-jersey raglan blouse, due to the high stretch factor both perfectly cuttable as big single pieces, using the roulette wheel to transfer seamlines for later processing.
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