Drafting, Painting, and Sewing Late 18th Century Leather Gloves [CC]

Making a pair of striped gloves, and a pair of plain ones with cuff facings. And learning from lots of mistakes. Accompanying blog post with some more pictures & links: Diderot’s 1768 glove & mitten patterns: Glove pinterest board: Pinterest board of dragon reference images: ItalianSkins: Leather paint (lots of places carry it, but I got it from this one, since it’s in Canada.) paint Needles (I recommend size 9 for the 0.5 - 0.6 mm leather.) #size-guide Silk twist: