Sini TuuliaFeb 23, 2025
#1890sCheckJacket update for the day: Have finished the linen tape on the canvas interfacing, had a moment of fast machine sewing with sewing the shoulder seams, and am now back in pad stitching land. Gotta love it when you read one step of the instructions like "pad stitch the collar" and you know that one sentence is going to be at least a straight hour of work. Or possibly multiple hours of not straight work, as I am not very straight nor as fast as I'd like to be.
Show threadSini TuuliaFeb 23, 2025

Me checking one of the tomes (an old Victorian tailoring manual) to see which directions the pad stitching on the collar should go and why, and once again gazing at diagrams like this.
Damn. 😂 I am definitely not going to do it as dense as that...

#OldManuals #Tailoring

Show threadSini TuuliaFeb 23, 2025
And that's a light coat, too! No wool wadding, padding or quilted interfacing on there at all. Men's garments used to be so hecking intricate.
Show threadSini TuuliaFeb 23, 2025

Ran out of my nice grey thread and feeling a bit bored, I elected to use a nice variegated cotton to finish the pad stitching to keep my brain online. It won't be visible at all once the top collar goes on, but honestly kind of rad looking!

#Sewing #Tailoring #1890sCheckJacket

Show threadMaaikeFeb 23, 2025
@sinituulia I'm intrigued by this pad stitching. Does it show up on the outer fabric?
Show threadSini Tuulia
@Stratski If it's a thinner outer fabric, a little bit. Every stitch grabs a tiny bit of the outer, while most of it is on the canvas that gets hidden. My fabric is thick enough that if I was careful about it, it would be completely invisible. 😄 The collar itself will always live folded into that shape, so even if it's there it won't get seen unless you deliberately force it open, so it doesn't super matter either way.
Feb 23, 2025 at 6:08pmWeb
Show threadMaaikeFeb 23, 2025
@sinituulia Ah, okay, thanks!