I'm looking forward to the upcoming conference at Jamestown next weekend. The rising Covid numbers make it a bit scary, but I'm still planning to go masked.
For the Making Buttons workshop I'll be teaching, we'll be making two different button types: Evenweave and Buttonhole. You can download the class handout for reference.
Back in November, I made a pair of pants for a friend. He had some specific requirements, like the size of the cuff opening needed to accommodate his armor. Because of this, I convinced him to try a cuffless style. I'm pretty please with how they turned out.
The pants are made of linen and all finishing details (trim, buttons and buttonholes, etc.) are done by hand. He also requested an adjustable waist, so I hand made some eyes to run a tie through in the back.
After teaching at the recent Jamestown Clothing Conference, someone asked me for pictures of my buttons. I've posted about the researc...
