Lesson series

Waistcoat Making, the Savile Row Style

The waistcoat is a great garment to learn as a beginner as it brings together both machine and hand-sewing skills in equal portions. We strongly suggest anyone who is interested in developing their skills to the highest level to begin with the waistcoat series.

It may seem like a simple garment, but the waistcoat does bring over many of the skills found in coat making. Both garments are canvassed, edges are stayed with bias tape and the same welt pocket is found on each.

Like the coat, all the inside linings are felled and the edge is picked stitched and of course, there are the buttonholes; six of them decorating the whole front edge.

It takes a keen hand-sewer and a lot of patience to make a finely crafted waistcoat.
Format

Online
Course

Duration

10 Hours
3 Minutes

Price

14.99

About this series
  • Create a tailored waistcoat with confidence using this detailed Video on Demand course guiding you through drafting, cutting, sewing and hand-finishing.

    Perfect for those looking to add a classic, elegant piece to their repertoire all from the convenience of your own workspace.

Rory Duffy

From the very early days of Rory’s career, he envisioned a tailoring academy that would preserve, promote and enhance the art of handcraft tailoring across the globe. A school that is an example for the industry to follow, and one that its students would be proud to be members of. Rory’s mission is to show the world that the best way to learn handcraft tailoring is not through the outdated method of
apprenticeships but by arming each student with the knowledge and the skill set they so desperately desire.

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