Juggling life, liberty and happiness

In an earlier post I posted a large bunch of research pictures for leibrock, paltrock and wappenrock.

I finally got Henry to hold still long enough to try on his new little paltrock (pleated rock) today so I could get the placement for the hooks and eyes. I wasn't expecting that his tummy would have gotten bigger since I did the fitting on him, guess I'll unpick the front seam and add in a new panel to the skirt.

The skirt itself is a full circle, but knife pleated. I took the waist measurement x 3 and used that to create the circle for the skirt. The resulting circle was quite large, so I sectioned it into 8ths, which made it a lot more efficient to cut out of the fabric. The skirt itself was made out one yard and the rest out of scraps from a commission I had from a couple of years ago. Baby clothes are so small you can make them out of scraps that you wouldn't be able to use otherwise.

Taking pictures of Henry is a bit of a challenge, since he doesn't know the concept of standing still while I back up to take a picture. So we ended up playing a game of chase, I'd back up real fast and snap a picture quickly while he toddled to come get me.

Once I get the new panel sewn in, I'll get the skirt wet and pull the pleats in the skirt down to set them in the body of the skirt.
( Cute pictures behind the cut )

So while my Mom was here visiting, we all went to Colonial Williamsburg. It ended up being the same day as the Queen of England's visit, so security was tight and it rained, but it was a good visit. One of the places that we spent a bit of time in was the Tailor's shop and I had a nice visit with Mark Hutter, who's one of the tailors. We had a good time doing a bit of clothing geeking and he showed me some really cool buttons as well as the outfit that was being made for John Smith for the Jamestown 400 celebration.

Chatting up the Tailor


Henry getting into the cabbage basket "Mom looks busy, how much can I get into?"

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