This is great, a lot of the work is sourcing the accessories/materials before you can start a project! I am looking to work with tweed as a trouser/suiting material. Is this an okay material to start with. I'm quite tempted to make samples/garments out of cheap cotton, is this good practice or should I just be working with the material I intend even if its a bit more expensive? Thanks for this, this is super, as I'd just bought a pair of trousers I wouldnt mind replicating!
Another question for you is there another name for tailor's soap cause I am having a hard time finding it in the USA even at professional stores with notions and trimmings...
I wouldn't say cloth soap is necessary for making the waistband. I think any cloth soap functions, just the one I use happens to be the best I know of.
I am in Amarica and having a hard time sourcing Banrol Canvas... Is there an alternative name I can look under or a way I can make my own with other more common ingredients?
It's possible to take a length of almost any canvas with a width of 1.5" and another length a seam allowance wider and just sew those on top of one another. This way there is a medium for the cloth to sit on as the main waistband, and it has the seam allowance sticking out of it that the seam can be folded over along. This can be good for making lighter, softer waistbands as well. Does this help?
He reminds us of the young Saint Laurent. 👏
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, so inspiring and fun to watch.
Do you have the link to your eBay store?
I never really actually sold much, if anything and at such slim margins it was impractical to do for the time being.
This is great, a lot of the work is sourcing the accessories/materials before you can start a project! I am looking to work with tweed as a trouser/suiting material. Is this an okay material to start with. I'm quite tempted to make samples/garments out of cheap cotton, is this good practice or should I just be working with the material I intend even if its a bit more expensive? Thanks for this, this is super, as I'd just bought a pair of trousers I wouldnt mind replicating!
Tweed is an excellent fabric to start with, especially if you want to use it at the end, and cheap cotton is definitely good to practice on.
Great stuff. Kenton's stock is a bit patchy it looks like the only linen holland they have on their webshop is narrow tape.
Aye, I saw that, but I'm not so sure where else we can go at the moment
Another question for you is there another name for tailor's soap cause I am having a hard time finding it in the USA even at professional stores with notions and trimmings...
I wouldn't say cloth soap is necessary for making the waistband. I think any cloth soap functions, just the one I use happens to be the best I know of.
I am in Amarica and having a hard time sourcing Banrol Canvas... Is there an alternative name I can look under or a way I can make my own with other more common ingredients?
It's possible to take a length of almost any canvas with a width of 1.5" and another length a seam allowance wider and just sew those on top of one another.
This way there is a medium for the cloth to sit on as the main waistband, and it has the seam allowance sticking out of it that the seam can be folded over along.
This can be good for making lighter, softer waistbands as well.
Does this help?