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Women's Selvedge Denim Jeans

Test pair to see how they fit the customer.

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Work Vest, heavy chambray

This one's for a customer in Australia.

Process

Dyeing with natural indigo.  Moving towards making some discharge printed bandannas.

Work Vest, experimental

 Made this one last month.  Just working out some ideas; not meant for production.

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Railroad Vest, v.4

I'm pretty happy with the design changes I made to this pattern.  This one feels the most "authentic".

Ingredients: Japanese indigo striped canvas, vintage selvedge chambray, steel tack buttons, heavyweight cotton stitching.

Work Shirt, Summer Weight Denim, 1930's-1940's style

Here's some images of a denim shirt I finished yesterday.  These are after a hot soak and line dry.

This is the first time I've used my Singer 231 off-the-arm felling machine for a shirt.  Makes a great looking stitch, but the machine needs adjustment to stop skipping stitches at random.  Not yet ready for prime-time. 

Ingredients:  6oz 2x1 denim, tagua nut buttons, all cotton thread. 

Details include single needle topstitching, a tab collar, and hem gussets.

A-1 Jeans, Cone Mills Denim, Raw/Loomstate

This is the first pair that I've made for someone locally.

Slim straight fit, slight taper.  13.75oz Cone Mills selvedge denim, heavy-weight cotton twill pocket bags, cotton/poly thread, copper rivets, steel buttons.  All materials made in USA.  All pieces cut, sewn, and set by me right here in Asheville, NC.

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Field Testing

Here's a few snapshots from last weekends camping trip.  Testing out a small version of the Field Tote, and the Survey Vest prototype.