Doublet fest - simplicity 4059

My husband has been asking for a matching costume for forever so I finally made him one. I used the same fabric that I had used for my costume so a lightweight outdoor fabric and a corduroy.

The first thing I did was the hat it was pretty straightforward and I did a lot of hand sewing. For the feather accessory I took a large tacky gold button spray-painted it with metallic spray paint hot glued a ruffle around it then hot glue the feathers on the back of the button and then hot glued a felt circle to the back and attached it with safety pins.

Reminds me of strawberry shortcake. 

The pants are pretty straightforward although the first time he wore them out he ripped them right at the bottom of the crotch. so if you're making them and between sizes I'd say go up. also around the back I used a piece of elastic just to make it a little bit tighter. Just sewn directly around the back. The front crotch opening was a little bit tricky to line up but just take your time.  

The shirt alone took me five hours and I kind rushed through it. It was pretty straightforward and instead of doing a hand ruffle I used a premade trim ruffle that I just had. The only problem I had was in the front where the shirt is split I don't think the pattern told you went to flip it around so just make sure you flip it around before you attach it by It's shoulder seams. 

The loops I sewed elastic I made them too long but just left it. Put some gold rick rack on the shoulder poofs that came out very well. I didn't even intend for It to line up but it ended up lining up on one side. 

My husband is 5'8" and this is how long it was before I shortened it 6 inches. Way too long. Instead of doing the loops for the detachable doublet sleeves I just sewed them on. It didn't lineup perfectly so the back of the sleeves you can't see but they're not sewn on, underneath the shoulder poofs so you'll never know. ; )

After shortening the finished product! This is very time-consuming but I'm glad it came out well. He wore this to the Renaissance fair. A man complimented him on it and asked if I was very expensive because of the buttons but they were just cheap gold ones I bought at Michael's in bulk and spray-painted with metallic spray paint they look good as fancy buttons. Spray paint is amazing.