Sunday, December 30, 2012

A Pocketful of Random

For my friend Andrea, who just learned to do a welt pocket.

Can you find the single welt pocket?





There it is!


The pattern matches at the bottom pocket on the left side only due to the pocket crossing a fitting dart. You have to pick one side or the other.  I wish I had more pictures of how I did this neat trick. It comes down to hunting through the scraps for a piece that matches the motif where the pocket is slashed open, cutting an overly large rectangle and fiddling the welt fold and seam allowances till you get the match. Hand baste, check the match, adjust if necessary. Math and obsessing for the win!

This was a man's vest for a mid-Victorian frock-coated ensemble from Heritage Day 2010 (I think).