Y'all. The wedding suit is DONE (almost). Still needs doing: strap for the vest, slip-stitching on vest/jacket/pants, sleeve buttons for jacket, hem for pants, lots of cleaning up (unfortunately, there are some small iron burns on the lapels of the jacket which I'm trying to figure out how to deal with). This was the biggest sewing project I've undertaken, and I am generally really pleased with how it turned out. The suit fit me really poorly as-is because I am pretty lanky and fall in-between two sizes, so I had to do a lot of alterations, and still might do some more here and there. Unfortunately, this was after I had already bound the seams of the jacket with bias tape, so the insides of the jacket are not as clean as I would like. The suit is made of a linen, which was fucking HORRIBLE to work with because of how much it stretched and shrunk throughout the process. All told, it took three days to sew - one for the vest, one for the pants, one for the jacket. This was my first time making any of these patterns, so there was lots of learning to do. T-Minus 17 days til the wedding. Still need to make rings, but that can wait another day.
Oh thanks! They are SO comfy - that's mostly why I used the linen for the suit. Outdoor wedding in August, I wanted the most comfy/breezy fabric I could get my hands on. I actually took the pants in about an inch after taking this picture, and they still have a lot of give. I still have about 3 yards of this fabric left over, think I might also make a pair of shorts from it.
Looking sharp! 17 days!!! That’s awesome, flac. I look forward to wedding day pics. Onward!
That’s great. I’m looking foreword to that. I’m sure we all are. Enjoy the journey and the last days of being “fiance’s.” You’ll be married for life but only a fiancé for a couple weeks more. Savor it!