HAMILTON Designer & Makers Explain How Broadway Costumes Are Made | Making a HAMILTON Spencer Jacket

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✨Giveaway time!✨
Burnley & Trowbridge have very kindly put together FOUR spencer kits if you'd like to have a go at one yourself! Kits include:
-3 yds. black lightweight wool
-2 yds pewter silk taffeta
-2 yds stay tape (for the lapels)
-1 spool black silk thread
This is an international giveaway and is open to all sewingfolk! To enter, visit: https://gleam.io/competitions/3Nqfw-b...
Winners will be drawn at 12 noon EST on Saturday, 19 December 2020. Winners will be contacted privately via email after the drawing.
*UPDATE: All winners have been drawn and contacted privately.*
For a world of historical sewing supply fun, visit https://burnleyandtrowbridge.com/.

Very special thanks to Brian Blythe, Paul Tazewell, Kathy Marshall, Libby Marshall, Gene Mignola, John Kristiansen New York and Tricorne Costumes.
And very important behind-the-scenes thanks to Sky Switser for organisation wizardry, as always!

MATERIALS USED:
Wool: Burnley & Trowbridge (c. 2 yds)
Silk taffeta lining: Renaissance Fabrics (1 yd)
Velvet: New York Elegant Fabrics (c. 1/2 yd)
Horsehair canvas interlining: Steinlauf & Stoller (c. 1/2 yd)
Linen stay tape: Burnley & Trowbridge (c. 2yds)
Cotton batting for decorative pea stuffing: scraps from the cabbage patch
Black silk thread

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Progressive Progress by Howard Harper-Barnes
What Might Have Been by Francis Wells
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