Canvassing my summer suit jacket – badly?...

It's time to canvas my linen summer suit, and, from plastrons to pad-stitching, this is usually a highlight of the tailoring process for me! But it's possible I've bit off more than I can chew this time, by making some tweaks that might are certainly beyond my knowledge and probably beyond my skills... The canvas is an essential part of the suit jacket, providing form, structure, and a bit of life of its own. Comprising a range of funky fabrics, from the wool canvas that makes the main body of it to the horse-hair canvas that undergirds the plastron, it can really make you feel like you know what you're doing – or else, a bit out of your depth... Naturally, it's made almost entirely by hand, and many things can go wrong. How, I wonder, will I fare? Side note, you can find me here ➫ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nostitchunpicked/ ➫ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nostitchunpicked ➫ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nostitchunpicked 00:00 Intro 00:48 Generating volume in the canvas 01:37 Making the plastron 02:26 My canvas experiment 05:12 In praise of no-shortcuts tailoring 05:50 Pad-stitching the plastron 07:49 Right or wrong side? 08:24 Attaching the canvas, or, my day ruined 11:13 Pad-stitching the lapel, or, my day rescued 12:12 A signature pleasure of the sewing life 14:15 Your favourite tailoring process? 14:55 Canvassing vs. fusibles? 15:56 An experiment in ASMR Watch next: https://youtu.be/_CbwVC6DjdY?si=DCtf01D1xQ2xerEr Music, in order of appearance: B