Tuesday June 14

Research day today - took the decision to design Naval uniform around about 1812 (Captain Wentworth from Jane Austen's Persuasion), so lots of looking at books, watching bits of dvds, etc.  Quick trip to the library turned up a great book, so can now bore for England on the niceties of Naval uniform - for example each cuff and pocket must have 3 buttons, while the lapels have 9 each, a lieutenant has no epaulets, a new captain has one on his his right shoulder and an experienced captain has two!  Did some sketches and collected some images from Google and will put them together in my book once I have access to a printer...
Then spent a couple of hours drafting a pattern for the breeches and deciding on style of waistcoat.  More pattern drafting tomorrow and fabric shopping on Thursday, plus need 36 buttons with anchors on!