Note: DO NOT use this method. I really need to make a new set of videos for waistcoats, but I don't really have much time on my hands these days, but I would feel bad if I just removed it from youtube before I replaced it.
This is a bespoke method of making a waistcoat.
Waistcoat playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPXf7sROHfVselTliNm2yDRuTISQIJaDY
Canvas I used from The Lining Company: https://www.theliningcompany.co.uk/trimmings/flax-linen-selection/32-linen-waistcoat-canvas/
Alternative canvas from Mac&Wallis: https://www.macculloch-wallis.co.uk/p/4195/tailoring-canvases/mw/linen-chest-canvas
Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
1:33 - Layplanning
The front
2:35 The facing
3:25 Pocket pieces
3:48 The back
5:06 Lining
6:54 - Cutting the canvas
Tracing the canvas
7:59 Cutting the canvas
9:00 - Preparing the canvas
11:32 - Preparing the forepart
The dart
13:48 Preparing the pocket
14:19 - Canvassing the forepart
Aligning
14:46 1st Baste
15:35 2nd Baste
16:11 3rd Baste
18:02 Singlewelted pocket
20:48 Marking the front edge
21:51 Cutting the front edge
23:56 Preparing the facing
26:11 Attaching the facing
28:05 Setting the facing
33:06 Finishing the facing
37:06 Turning over the armhole
39:12 - Lining the forepart
Applying the lining
41:28 Trimming the lining
41:39 Preparing the lining for finishing
44:12 Finishing the lining
45:54 - Backstrap
48:23 - Waistcoat back
Trimming the lining
48:52 Preparing the back lining
50:51 Making the darts
53:39 Applying the backstrap
55:24 Joining the hems
56:59 Reinforcing the back neck
57:34 - Attaching the front and back
Attaching the side seams
59:00 Attaching the shoulders
1:00:32 Sewing the seams
1:02:57 Basting the back armhole
1:06:15 Basting the neckline
1:06:57 Lining the neckline
1:07:37 Lining the armhole
1:10:09 Vent bit at the bottom
1:10:29 - Finishing
The armhole
1:11:48 The vent bit at the bottom
1:12:28 Neckline
1:14:57 Backstrap
1:18:35 Bar tacking
1:19:39 - Buttons
Marking button locations
1:20:58 Buttonholes
1:22:02 Buttons
1:24:10 - Final ironing
1:31:41 - Outro
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