Hipsters

I probably got this from the Rivet Head blog, but these guys are such cool cats I just can't help but to give the image a little more circulation.

Women's Jeans

These are sort of a "test jean", I mostly wanted to see how they would fit. Since washing they fit better. I'm going to try to adjust a few things and then make them out of better quality denim.

Men's Jeans

Here's some jeans that I made a few weeks ago. I was going to use a store-bought jeans pattern I have, but it looked pretty baggy and "relaxed" so I made a pattern from a pair of my 501's.

Came out fairly well, and it was fun to include details like hidden selvedge in the coin pocket and different colored stitching, but I'm going to modify the pattern some - make the legs less tapered and change the top block to be a little more fitted and with a narrower seat.

Materials: raw and rigid 14oz American made selvedge denim, vintage 30's metal trouser buttons, and real honest to goodness saddle-weight burr and washer copper rivets - hand cut and finished, and guaranteed to never ever come loose.












Off-set back belt loop


I'm probably not going to keep these, so if anyone wears their levi's in the 30 to 31 waist range let me know and I'll take some exact measurements.

Old Florida pt. 1

Recently I came across a collection of images from my beloved home state of Florida. These are a few from the early days of Tampa and Ybor City.

Entering Tampa, FL circa 1900


The First Aero Plane to Fly to Tampa


Fishing in Tampa


Tampa Harness and Wagon Co. on Franklin St. 1910


The Tampa Morning Tribune Staff and Building.


The caption for this image states that it is a "school cigar factory, 1909"

Reach's Official 1895 Base Ball Guide

Denim Work Vest

Buckle-back selvedge denim vest, one wash, hidden chest pocket, vintage metal buttons.

Made from a couple kinds of left-over denim. Came out pretty well, but some areas were a little too much for my little 1950's White home sewing machine

Ranger jacket in the Woods

Brown duck cloth jacket with hookless fastener (a.k.a. zipper), vintage WWII army blanket lining.

Built from a late 1940's early 1950's jacket pattern. I changed a few things: added patch pockets on the chest, ignored the lining instructions and associated pattern pieces, made up the collar (missing from the pattern), kind of made the waist band too big and had to put button tabs on it... A good beginning I think. This one's going to a friend in Philadelphia.