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Plymouth Colonist

(September-November 2016)

Made while interning at Plimoth Plantation. Completely historically accurate (and 90% accurate on construction; the inside seams were machine stitched, but everything visible was done by hand).

Model suit was circa 1629, a little bit later than the Plimoth date of 1624, and so we compromised by lengthening tabs and tacking in interchangeable lace collar/cuffs.

Suit of blue wool, lined with cotton and interlined with wool and burlap. Thread-wrapped buttons, hand-stitched buttonholes, pick stitching, pad stitching throughout torso...

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