Main course: venison with smoked octopus, lentils, pine jelly, and more…!

Before.

Sunny and 23C in mid-winter? Definitely a day for bare legs and brogues!

It’s finished. Final reveal on the big day Tuesday…!

More aspects of sewing should involve hammers.

The final steps: cuffs and hem. Check out that sleeve placket! Now it just need buttons to finish…

Sleeves added with flat fell seams. Sewing? THIS IS TAILORING, DAMMIT.

Artisanal hipster checked shirt in progress, beard not included.

I made Alton Brown’s Cocoa Brownies… kind of.