Brad with Curtis (and Sophie) |
I
have a lot of fun dressing my menfolk. I haven't been able to get either
one to wear a ruff so I decided to make their doublets with a tapering
collar.
Drafting a pattern for my husband is a huge
challenge. He's had surgery to put steel rods in his upper back and had
sternum surgery when he was 4, causing his ribs to be smaller then normal.
He's a seamstresses nightmare!!
The doublets are made of a red brocade with
2mm pearls set in the design. The black velvet sleeve hook and eye onto
the doublet. The doublet closes with metal buttons up the front. I lined
Brad's doublet with rust silk which is also the same lining on the "slops".
I made a matching doublet without pearls (on
a smaller scale) for my son, Curtis, who insisted that his picture be included.
I made a simpler style of pants. Boy's at his age would have been in skirts.
However, I feel that it was not a good idea for actual wear. I regularly
commit the sin of placing practicality over period. |