This video features the cutting, dyeing, and sewing of a silk shirt according to 18th Century pattern drafting. If you watch to the end, there’s a Pirate Wardrobe Update.

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Transcripts for this video are available on my website.

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Notes:

Sewn on a Singer 20-10 Sewhandy Toy machine – https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/toys/minisinger

Materials Used:

• Raw Silk Noil – https://www.dharmatrading.com/fabric/silk/raw-silk-silk-noil-45-inch-and-55-inch-wide.html?lnav=fabric_silk.html
• Coats & Clark Cotton Thread
• Plastic buttons from inherited button stash
• Dye – Madder Root – https://www.dharmatrading.com/dyes/madder-root.html
• Chemical Mordant – Alum – https://www.dharmatrading.com/chemicals/alum.html

Pirate Outfit Pieces:

• Black Vest
  • Bought at the NY Renaissance Faire 15+ years ago
• Forager Vest
  • Made using dye samples of linen fabric, https://sewliberated.com/products/forager-vest-pdf-sewing-pattern
• Handwoven Vest
  • Woven by me on a 24″ rigid heddle loom in cotton, cotton blend, and linen blend yarns, handsewn
• Green Pants
  • Bought 10+ years ago, originally wrap pants that have since been seamed up the sides and hemmed for drawstrings at the legs
• Blue Pants
  • High Seas Pants https://freakishlemon.com/downloads/ out of raw silk noil fabric dyed naturally with indigo
• Purple/Grey Pants
  • High Seas Pants https://freakishlemon.com/downloads/ out of linen dyed with coffee, tea, found leaves and flowers, and then logwood
• Thick Belt 2″
  • RenBoots stall at NY Renaissance Faire 2019 – https://www.kommandokilts.com/product-page/leather-belt-2-width
• Thin belt
  • Bought 8+ years ago at a Renaissance Faire, unsure which one
• Waist Wrap 1
  • Cotton muslin with faded reddish lines that may not be visible in the video, leftover from a high school Captain Jack Sparrow cosplay, 15+ years ago
• Waist wrap 2
  • Velvet-like black fabric leftover from a high school Ardeth Bey/The Mummy Halloween cosplay, probably polyester, 15+ years ago
• Black Boots
  • Bought 14+ years ago from RenBoots.com, but it appears this exact style is no longer offered
• Black/Green Boots
  • Bought 8+ years ago – https://www.kommandokilts.com/product-page/king-richard-leather-knee-boots
• Black and red striped socks
  • Bought 14 years ago at a stall at the CT Renaissance Faire
• Red headband
  • Bought 10+ years ago, no recollection of where
• Black Hat
  • Bought 12+ years ago at the PA Renaissance Faire from Red Falcon https://redfalconproducts.com/, hat may no longer be available
• Brown Tricorn Hat
  • Bought 15+ years ago at the NY Renaissance Faire from The Madd Hatter http://www.maddhatterhats.com/

There are 7 total pirate outfits during the montage.

Dancing Soundtrack:

Pump Shanty – The Crimson Pirates
Jack Hinks – Great Big Sea
10,000 Miles Away – The Crimson Pirates
Run the Riggin Again – The Crimson Pirates
He’s a Pirate – Klaus Badelt (Pirates of the Caribbean OST)
Molasses – Schooner Fare
Flowers of Bermuda – The Crimson Pirates
Santiana – The Longest Johns
Bow to Stern – The Crimson Pirates
Henry Martin – The Crimson Pirates
Mrs. McGraw – The Crimson Pirates
Rowdy Soul – The Crimson Pirates
Can’t Stop Falling – Great Big Sea

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Attributions:

Title Card:

Photo by Anton Atanasov
https://www.pexels.com/photo/landscape-photo-of-forest-1655901/

Logo designed and drawn by A.R. Gergler

Background Music:

Fjeld by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7242-fjeld
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Seven Seas by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7540-seven-seas
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Pirate Sea Introduction:

Video by Руслан Хмелевский from Pexels
https://www.pexels.com/video/an-aerial-footage-of-a-beach-5011808/

Pirate Frame Screen:

Wooden Barrel and Ropes by David Dibert
https://www.pexels.com/photo/wooden-barrel-and-ropes-635515/

Wood Art Dirty Texture by Eva Elijas
https://www.pexels.com/photo/wood-art-dirty-texture-8058749/

End Screen:

Photo by Anton Atanasov
https://www.pexels.com/photo/landscape-photo-of-forest-1655901/

Transcript:

[Music: Fjeld by Alexander Nakarada]

[Fantasy instrumental piece featuring guitar, orchestral strings, and drums.]

I wasn’t gonna do it, but I think I have to.

[Music: Seven Seas by Alexander Nakarada]

[Lively pirate-inspired music featuring a fiddle reel and an electronic beat.]