Continuing our look at Eleven’s snazzy waistcoats, in this installment we’ll be examining the velvet waistcoat that was first introduced with his “Snowmen” costume. He would continue to wear the velvet waistcoat for subsequent episodes, shorts, and other appearances, and later we’ll take a close look at the rest of the “Snowmen” costume ensemble. In this analysis, we’ll examine the …

My updated 11th Doctor “scales” waistcoat sewing tutorial is now available! 🙂 As with recent 10th Doctor tutorial updates, I polished the text a little here and there so a few things were clearer, but the major updates are primarily the tutorial photos. Unfortunately, I used to photograph everything with flash and never really edited the images, but I still …

Eleventh Doctor costumes are pretty hit-and-miss for me, but I’m particularly fond of costume designer Howard Burden’s work toward the end of Matt Smith’s era – specifically, the “Snowmen” costume and subsequent “7b” costumes. We’ll be taking a look at all three of Eleven’s “7b” waistcoats, as well as his “Snowmen” costume ensemble, here on the blog. In this analysis, …

My updated 10th Doctor blue suit sewing tutorial is now available! 🙂 As with the brown suit tutorial, I polished the text a little here and there so a few things were clearer, but the major updates are primarily the tutorial photos. I used to never really edit the images beyond cropping, but now I have Photoshop; I figured as …

My updated 10th Doctor brown suit sewing tutorial is now available! 🙂 Although I did polish the text a bit so a few things were clearer (etc.), the major updates are primarily the tutorial photos. I used to use the raw photos just as they were directly from the camera, but now I have Photoshop; I figured as long as …

For some strange reason, I hated the 10th Doctor’s blue suit at first … and looking back, I still don’t know why. Maybe I’d just gotten overly attached to the brown one? Then all of a sudden, years later, it just grabbed me, and I’ve adored it ever since. Introduced at the beginning of season (“series”) three, the blue suit …