Apologies for the delay in getting Project #12 up. I had hoped to have it completed a few weeks ago but some travel, a couple of other proje...

This is my first reconstruction of a men's pattern from Alcega's tailor's pattern book, a men's doublet with a characteristi...

Thanks to a kind group of friends who all chipped in together to buy it for me as a birthday present, I have a new little half sized manne...

I'm moving on to the men's patterns now so I thought it would be useful to do another progress review of the women's garments I ...

This is Project #10, which is quite similar in style to Project #6  the "Skirt and bodice of cloth with puffed sleeves", but with ...

I'm currently working on Project #10, and while in the process of looking for images online I came across a portrait with what appears...

The next pattern I'm tackling is a simple over garment for women referred to as a "Manto" or mantle, which takes the form of a...