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Deusis

Vendor
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15
Location
Minneapolis, MN
Recently made a variation of a trifold wallet in Horween Natural Shell Cordovan. Very happy with how it turned out. It is all hand stitched so it takes a bit of time.

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esteban68

Call Me a Cab
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2,107
Location
Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
Here's a display heads I 'made' a while ago, it's really just one of those cheap polystyrene heads off Ebay covered in very small pieces of an old Cycling magazine from the late 1960's, I tried bigger bits but they didn't take to contours very well, the base I've had years, a friends father made it for me for some reason.
The head is secured by a bamboo skewer glued into the head a into the base, I just need to varnish it.

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NOTE these heads come marginally bigger than a 58 more like a 59 so I had to shave it back and sand it a bit before putting on the paper pieces , now it's a dead on 58 which is great as all my hats fit it! His name is Harry by the way!
 

Papperskatt

Practically Family
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506
Location
Sweden
Nice! I'm a 59, might have to get me one of those heads. :) And then cover it in magazine paper like that.
 
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esteban68

Call Me a Cab
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Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
It'll not be far off a 59, I used am old cycling magazine but old paper is thicker, not sure how glossy paper would work...I just used PVA glue diluted a little in water and soaked them a few at a time, this worked ok for the flatter areas but I found I needed neat PVA for around the nose eyes and ears, the ears especially were tricky...it IS laborious and took me about 10 hours spread over several nights and weekends a bit at a time!
 

Papperskatt

Practically Family
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506
Location
Sweden
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The strap isn't perfectly straight and the peak is a bit wonky, but overall I'm quite happy with it. I still need to fix the lining and sweatband, but this'll do for tonight.
 

brendanm720

One of the Regulars
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107
Location
The Torrid Zone
I put the breast pocket on too high (I transferred the wrong line to the fabric, mea culpa). Turned out pretty well over all, I think. Now I need to figure out what to make next.
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That is a beautiful jacket. The higher placement of the pocket draws your eye upward and makes you look a bit taller. I think it works. :D
 

brendanm720

One of the Regulars
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107
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The Torrid Zone
I wonder, how hard is it to make a pair of pants? Where can one find vintage pants patterns?

Pants are not as difficult as say, a jacket, but there are lots of different ways to make them and some patterns are more difficult than others. If you need to make adjustments to how a pattern fits, there can be quite a learning curve.

As for patterns, you may want to check out this thread: http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?81461-Vintage-Patterns

ETA: And now that I've looked at the thread, I note you started it, so you may already know all of the info in it. [facepalm]
 

JohnFurr

New in Town
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14
Location
Toronto
I did it again, and put together a "close enough for volunteer work" public transit uniform. This time, I went for modern-day Toronto, Canada. They've got a flashy cap badge, and my, they do love their little red accents.

The whole thing, as best I could research it:
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The stars of the show: a new name badge, and a new band and cap badge:
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How it works: Those holes in the name plate are to allow me to pin other job names overtop of the standard "operator" text. Also, I've done a bunch of cap badges with this standard paperclip-tab-soldered-to-safety-pin attachment. With the clip tab through a grommet on the cap, it all stays in place very well.
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Now I just need to get to one of the many museums that own retired TTC streetcars! And finish my next project: Connestoga Traction Co, of Lancaster County, PA.


-Steven

I know yours is an old post Steven, but I still wanted to say nice job, and I was surprised to find this here by accident. I read Fedora lounge for the period dress, but as a volunteer transit operator at an Ontario radial railway which operates old TTC streetcars I too wanted to make my own uniform, but mine will be 1930 style.
 

PeterB

One of the Regulars
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183
Location
Abu Dhabi
Wow. Great jacket, Nick D. You have some talent in your fingers. I would like to learn to sew, but do not have the time. Retirement project.
 

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