robinsnest | Oct. 3rd, 2014

I frankenpatterned together my enlargement of the swallow tail jacket in Costume Closeup and my body block that

mandie_rw very nicely draped for me last year. And much to my shock it was actually pretty decent.

Please pay no mind to the hair.

I had to cut the waist a bit higher, but I think I'm going to just have it end at the waist instead of longer with a slit or more skirting, seems more 1780s to me. The back required a big more fixing, I had to drop the waist about an inch in the back and side.

Original on left side of photo, fixed on right side.

All in all, not a bad start. I need to buy muslin to make mock up number two, and try out some sleeves.

And one last funny note. I was goofing off and trying to take a selfie to send to

jennylafleur and discovered my arms weren't long enough, Rob offered to take one for me, and this is what he took....