'Finished' Is a Relative Term

Well, it really is finished, only except for the buttons! This is Justin's doublet, fake microsuede and red silk trimming. I managed to get little (actually, not little, just younger) brother to put on the shirt and doublet for some photos. He insists that the big white shirt is like a maternity gown, and wasn't very enthusiastic about being pinned into the doublet, but he very kindly allowed me to do it in order to take my pictures (gotta love the baseball cap). Marc is a bit smaller than Justin, so it doesn't fit perfectly, but oh well. Close enough for a few photos!

The only thing I'm that bugs me about it is that the waist seams at center front don't match, because the waist slants down a little. Hmm...

Silk Trimming

So, I haven't posted in a while (shame, shame), but I have worked on the costumes. I have most of Justin's doublet together, and that's the one I'm trimming in silk. The edging is just a bias strip of silk, notched wherever I feel like notching it (something like a half inch apart).

For Justin's doublet, I'm using a microsuede from Home Dec. It's working marvelously, although it's pretty stiff. Because it's so heavy, I'm not interlining it. So far, it hasn't melted from the iron once, and it makes a nice crisp edge too. The part of the costume in these pictures is a shoulder wing, lined with linen.