Men's Elizabethan Doublet
This is the start of a full outfit that I'm making for a new friend who just joined the SCA. I spent the weekend sewing at a friend's house; she helped me considerably with this project, and she had experience making doublets for guys, and I had none.I wanted this outfit to look a bit more masculine than many Elizabethan men's suits I've seen around.
Here's the doublet as it looks right now:
Blue cotton velveteen, lined in silver silk. The metal button is just pinned on, but there will be 10-12 buttons on the placket. This doublet fits Dylan extremely well. We took a long time making a toile out of duck because we knew the fit would make or break this outfit.
Other parts of the outfit include: a linen shirt, blackworked, which is already finished and one of the coolest looking things I've ever made; sleeves that are open on the front seam, gathered with buttons and lined in silver silk; venetian breeches. The trim is black gimp.
I'll try to get more pictures up as I put the rest together!
Here's the doublet as it looks right now:
Blue cotton velveteen, lined in silver silk. The metal button is just pinned on, but there will be 10-12 buttons on the placket. This doublet fits Dylan extremely well. We took a long time making a toile out of duck because we knew the fit would make or break this outfit.
Other parts of the outfit include: a linen shirt, blackworked, which is already finished and one of the coolest looking things I've ever made; sleeves that are open on the front seam, gathered with buttons and lined in silver silk; venetian breeches. The trim is black gimp.
I'll try to get more pictures up as I put the rest together!
What pattern did you use?
ReplyDeleteWe used the reconstructing history men's doublet pattern, modified a bit.
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